Jan. 16, 2022 - Sanibel non-bird photos

Most of the photos I take are of birds. But I do aim my lens at other things once in a while. Here are a few of them taken on our December trip to Sanibel Island, Florida.

Florida has two kinds of Anole. One is the native Green Anole, which can change its color to brown. Then there is the non-native Cuban or Brown Anole which cannot change its color. I think this in the non-native species. Only males have a well-developed dewlap, which this Anole is displaying. This action can be a breeding behavior but is more likely to be a territorial display.

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I’m still surprised to see butterflies in the winter, but this is Florida, not Minnesota. This Zebra Longwing was photographed while hiking the Pond Apple trail on Sanibel Island.

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Here’s a picture of the lighthouse on Sanibel Island. We were there just before Christmas and huge, bright red bows were decorating the top of the lighthouse.

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I think this is a Marsh Rabbit. I saw several of them at the Bailey Tract on Sanibel Island.

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If you’ve been following me for some time, you know that I like to take photos of spider webs that are coated with morning dew. This one has such evenly spaced threads that it reminds me of an old-time phonograph record. The spider is right in the middle of the web.

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There is a resident Gopher Tortoise at the resort where we stayed. It was crawling around the parking lot one day.

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The Tortoise eventually made its way to the lawn where it proceeded to eat some of the grass.

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