snails – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Some Kind Of Land Snail At Sequoyah NWR

By Mia McPherson|June 27th, 2023|Categories: Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, Gastropods, grass, introduced, Johnson Grass, Land Snail, land snails, snail, snails, Sorghum halepense, spring, terrestrial mollusks|

Eagle-eye Steve spotted this land snail at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge nearly hidden in the Johnson Grass. It was so pretty I had to photograph it.

Photographing Limpkins At Lake Seminole

By Mia McPherson|February 20th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Florida, Lake Seminole, Limpkins, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, apple snails, Aramus guarauna, call, distintive calls, foraging, lake, Limpkin, limpkins, snail, snails, Species of Special Concern, water, wetland, winter|

Eleven years ago today I was wandering and looking for birds to photograph at Lake Seminole Park in Florida and found a very cooperative Limpkin that was foraging for breakfast.

Limpkins in Florida

By Mia McPherson|October 5th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Florida, Lake Seminole, Limpkins, Pinellas County, Roosevelt Wetlands|Tags: adult, Apple Snail, Aramus guarauna, call, calling, frogs, grasses, insects, Limpkin, limpkins, mussels, snails, spiders, swimming, walking, water, wetlands, winter|

Florida is about as far north as Limpkins are found in North America and they can be seen in freshwater marshes, ponds, lakeshores and swamps.