Wakodahatchee Wetlands Wildlife Pictures - Delray Beach, FL

[Paul79UF]

I just sorted through the 100's of pictures from my recent visits to a nearby attraction. They're from the Wakodahatchee Wetlands located in west Delray Beach Florida.

In this 50 acre man made ecosystem there are over 140+ bird species, alligators, raccoons, marsh rabbits, and iguanas.

The 3/4 mile boardwalk is open to the public for free from sunrise to sunset. I highly recommend a visit if you're going to be in the area.

I'm using a Canon S5 IS, which doesn't have the best image quality but I'm addicted to the video capture feature with stereo sound.

Here's a few of my favorite shots -







The last picture is of three of the four young raccoons we spotted out digging for food with their mother. Later in the visit there was a tense few moments when the whole family got very close to an alligator quietly waiting in a canal. But don't worry, they all got by safely.

[mn shutterbug]

Nice series. I especially like the cute coons.

[Lori11]

awwwww nice! What is the second one of?

[paulnj]

very nice images.

[Paul79UF]

awwwww nice! What is the second one of?

The second picture is a small alligator's head just barely floating above the water in a canal. The third one is a great blue heron.

Thanks for the compliments everyone.

[panthrcat]

oh I love that aligator photo!! and those baby racoons got my 11 year old daughter oohing and aahing,, lol very cute images!