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This gallery is a collection of SW Florida birds photographed in February 2011 at Ding Darling NWR, Little Estero Lagoon (Ft. Myers Beach), Bunche Beach (Ft. Myers), and Venice Rookery (Venice, FL). This is my third winter visit to the Sanibel area, and I have enjoyed not only escaping the Massachusetts winter for a couple of weeks, but also the opportunity to photograph SW Florida birds. Many of thse are fairly large waders such as herons, egrets, and spoonbills but I have also included cormorants, anhingas, mergansers, ducks, shorebirds, gulls and terns. These are beautiful birds, especially in the soft light of early morning or late afternoon. I try to capture as many as possible in some activity such as feeding, nesting, or flight.