Wildlife in Dunedin

One of our favorite things about living in Dunedin is the variety of birds and Florida wildlife we have around us. This set of photos is focused on our land critters. The gulf wildlife: dolphin, manatees, stingrays are a bit more difficult to catch with the camera.
Mark loves the egrets (tall white birds) and I have to yell at him to stop inviting them into the house. I put a stop to them once they strut into the garage. We've been particularly interested in the Ospreys this month as the chicks are hatching. There are a lot of nests around our neighborhood. While the mother or father are out hunting for food - mostly fish, the 'spouse' is at the nest caring for the babies. The food provider arrives to the nest, remember these are one of the largest birds in the US so they are hard to miss, and feeds the chicks the fresh fish. The City of Dunedin is going to put an online camera in one of the nests so everyone can watch the chicks grow. Not sure I want to watch the fish get torn apart and fed to the babies though.
Meanwhile Mark has become fascinated with the ground bees we watched swarm one evening, ending at our neighbors yard. We have rabbits, lots, hanging around. And gekkos and lizards are as prevalent as mosquitoes around here. In spite of the local alligator news, we haven't seen one in the neighborhood yet. But we do have a black garden snake that slithers by in the evenings.