limpkin

This snail lover was found at Eagle Lakes Park, Naples, Fl

Limpkin (Aramus guarauna guarauna)

This Limpkin did not have to look far for a meal. Lake Jackson in 2015 had a huge population of giant apple snails. That population has since collapsed, so I see fewer of these birds at the lake.

Harns Marsh is also a great place to view Sandhill Cranes and Snail Kites.

Taken at Harns Marsh east of Ft. Myers. They eat snails as you can see in the next photo.

Limpkin (Aramus guarauna guarauna)

I want folks to see how well some of our water birds camouflage themselves. You have to look close at this photo to see this species. As I fished from my kayak, he did not move or change position in a any way. I was very close to being right underneath him. These birds are listed as a species of...

Limpkin (Aramus guarauna guarauna)

Florida Everglades

Limpkin (Aramus guarauna subsp. guarauna) Along the Pan-American Hwy. southeast of Camp Daren, Daren Province, Panam. Open marsh adjacent to disturbed tropical lowland rainforest (mixed evergreen and deciduous forest) at 40 m (131 ft) elevation.

Limpkin (Aramus gurauna subsp. guarauna) Sexes similar. San Ignacio Rice Fields near Rioja, San Martn, Per at ca 848 m (2,782 ft).

Sibley's describes the call of this snail lover as, "loud, anguished and wild-sounding."

Limpkin (Aramus guarauna subsp. guarauna) Sexes similar. An easy bird to locate when calling. Its screaming cry is unmistakable and easily heard. Tributary of Piquiri River, south of Puerto Jofre, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Riverine with cerrado and scattered wetlands adjacent to the tributary at ca...

He likes being in a tree

Upper left corner is cypress tree. The limpkins like to roost in it during the day.

There were three chicks as well but they ran into the trees to fast xD

A Limpkin at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, in Boynton Beach, Florida. Apple snails aren't just for Snail Kites!

Three of these limpkins were feeding by the boat launch this morning. Because it was so gray few boaters were out on the lake. Fear of lightening I think. So no traffic and out came the limpkins to feed.

She has built a nest in this area and I also spied her four little fluffy chicks that she is caring for. They were fairly well hidden. Apparently, these birds are ground nesters.

Limpkin looking for an apple snail meal. (He found one)

By the dock this morning.

Another snail eater from Harns Marsh, Leigh Acres, Fl.

Limpkin along lake edge