Wild Florida Ecotours

You never know what you’re going to see in the wild! Here, a Red Shouldered Hawk caught dinner! Rabbit stew on the menu tonight?
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Great day for Wild Florida Ecotours, near Port of the Islands!!!!! Little Blue Herons, Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets, Ospreys, Black Crested Night Heron and our favorite female gator, Clinton! Lot of wildlife!
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Naturalist Bob had a great time at the Marco Island Public Library last Wednesday, addressing a fine group of enthusiastic guests looking to learn about our area dolphins. Great questions by the crowd!
Bob will be at the Marco Island Historical Society on January 18th at 6 PM with a dolphin update and has several more local talks scheduled suring the winter months. Stay tuned!!!! dolphin-study.com

White Pelicans are back for the Winter! Boasting the second largest wingspan of any North American bird at more than 9 feet wide, you can clearly see how large they are next to the local Brown Pelicans!
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White Pelicans are back in the area!!!!!! Migrating here each Fall from as far away as Canada, they will stay until Spring. Second largest wingspan of any North American bird at 9.5 feet! Regularly seen on the barrier islands around Port of the Islands. wildfloridaecotours.com

A friend of the Wild Florida Ecotours team captured this 7 foot long Burmese Python at Port of the Islands yesterday! Amy is a python hunter and said that several more have been captured nearby! Let’s open a zoo!!!!!
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Roseatte Spoonbills were feeding in the shallows recently and a Bald Eagle soared above the mangroves. Some of our winter birds will be arriving soon, as the weather up north turns cold. Look for Swallow-tailed kites, Peregrine Falcons and White Pelicans very soon! wildfloridaecotours.com

Trappers taking a big gator from the basin at Port of the Islands! This guy was HUGE!!!!! wildfloridaecotours.com

Captain Jimmy knows how to catch fish....and sharks! Greg from Maryland and his family had a blast and caught dinner for EVERYONE!!!!! Book your charter from Port of the Islands soon! wildfloridaecotours.com

Great look at a Reddish Egret recently! Only a few thousand of the left in Florida! You never know what treasures you will see on the Wild Florida Ecotours!
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Wanna see gators on a tour lead by an educated captain? Your first stop at the “Gateway to the Everglades”, Port of the Islands, is Wild Florida Ecotours!
Gators, manatees, dolphins and a variety of birds! Come join us!
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Great outing Monday! Gators, manarees, Red Shouldered Hawks and Swallow Tailed Kites. Excellent times with Captain Ed!
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Baby brown pelicans are starting to get a little color to those feathers lately. They are white when they are born. wildfloridaecotours.com

Baby Brown Pelicans are popping up in the south Florida rookeries! Saw these 4 just yesterday, born in time for Memorial Day celebrations!
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Can you see it? To keep the blistering sun off its body, a gator covered itself in mud in the western ‘Glades. Gotta be creative during the dry season!
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GREAT time on the water Sunday with a family reunion from PA and NJ! They saw gators, manatees, dolphins and more! Always a fun time with our well educated captains at WILD FLORIDA ECOTOURS!

Great day with Wild Florida Ecotours Sunday. Our guests from Michigan saw gators, manatees, dolphins, sharks, swallow tailed kites and, with the exception of staff, they were the only people on the gulf beach for shelling!!!!
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Ever seen the underside of a gator’s foot? Here ya go! This is the back right foot. Gators have 5 toes on the front feet and 4 toes on the back, and not all toes have claws!!!!! Who knew? wildfloridaecotours.com

Plovers And Least Terns are here! Welcome to our Summer visitors!
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Saw about 50 White Pelicans heading North a few days ago! This may be the last of them in the area, migrating home to the midwest and possibly as far away as Canada! See ya next Fall guys! wildfloridaecotours.com

Saw our first Swallow-tailed Kite of the Spring! These birds travel from southwest South America, cross the Andes Mountains and make their way to Florida for the Summer. What a journey!!!!! wildfloridaecotours.com

Naturalist Bob got a great look at a juvenile Bald Eagle just outside the Picayune Strand, western Everglades today. There were actually 4 of them within 200 feet of each other! wildfloridaecotours.com

You never know what you’re gonna see on Wild Florida Ecotours! A gator, manatee, dolphin or maybe a juvenile Bald Eagle looking for lunch!
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Meet Larry, Moe and Curly! Osprey chicks are popping up all over the place! Hard to believe that these youngsters will be flying in just over a month and out on their own at 12 weeks old! wildfloridaecotours.com

4 1/2 yr old Popcorn enjoyed some social time with big brother Jayson today! Their mom is Nibbles....she is busy raising a 6 month old calf Murphy at this time. Good to see 2 brothers bonding! dolphin-study.com

UNBELIEVEABLE! 5 juvenile bald eagles within yards of each other in the western Picayune Strand on Friday! Never seen that many youngsters so close to each other.....EVER! wildfloridaecotours.com

Great look at an adult Bald Eagle and a juvenile bald eagle on the branch below it near the Picayune Strand today! Cool birds of prey!
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Did you know that alligators have 5 toes on their front feet and 4 toes on the back feet? Yes! It’s true! Pictured would be the right front and back feet.
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Great look at some Roseatte Spoonbills today, not far from Port of the Islands where WILD FLORIDA ECOTOURS calls home! Beautiful!
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Osprey hatchlings are popping up everywhere in the area! These 3, Larry, Moe and Curly, seemed very curious about our passing boat!
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Man, did this young stork have a bad hairday or what????

Can you get any closer to a manatee in the wild than this? This large mammal came right up to the front of our boat with 4 guests looking on amazingly! Great shot, Captain Ed!!!! Wildfloridaecotours.com

Naturalist Bob had a fun presentation to a full house luncheon at Hideaway Beach today! Talked about dolphins and Everglades wildlife and sipped “Swampwater” with 8 ladies who werer a real hoot! Everyone learned a bit about our environment and about Wild Florida Ecotours!!!!
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FREE seating March 2nd at 6 PM!!!! C’mon out and have some fun! Talkin’ about creepy Everglades things!!!! Sign up NOW!

Gators and Florida Banded Water Snakes in Wild Florida today!!!! Check out wildfloridaecotours.com

Trip #2 at Port of the Islands today! Captain Eddie has some really nice folks on board to see gators, manatees, dolphins and more! Folks on the morning trip saw everything!!!!! Come join us! Wildfloridaecotours.com

Nice folks from Wisconsin going fishing with Captain Jimy.....for the FOURTH TIME!!!!! Jimmy must know his way around the islands!
Captain Jason leaves the dock with some folks from Indiana on a private 3 1/2 hour eco / shelling tour! These folks will stop on an island few people have even heard of! Are you ready for an adventure??? Wildfloridaecotours.com

Beautiful Roseatte Spoonbill in the western Everglades yesterday! Feeding in the shallows, watching me watching him! Wildfloridaecotours.com

Clinton, an adult female gator, cruises the waters in the western ‘Glades. Not sure if she was resting, winking at me or sizing me up for lunch!!!
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