Florida Wildlife
I am not quite a fish-out-of-water, but I am discovering that Florida wildlife is "the same, only different" compared to the species I observe in Illinois.
Bird calls, for example: Southern birds really do seem to have a drawl. On the other hand, the jays and Red-bellied Woodpeckers aren;t that different from the ones in my backyard in Illinois.
What is different is the presence of reptiles outside (and often inside) my door. Growing up in the urban Upper Midwest, any kind of reptile or amphibian required an effort to encounter; here in Florida, it is remarkable when I don't see a Brown Anole, let alone some of the other lizards that inhabit my subdivision.
Just yesterday I photographed a peninsular Cooter less than fifty meters from my condo digging a nest. I have seen Painted and Snapping Turtles in Illinois doing that, but usually in June--certainly not January!
In fact, except for Black Racers, I have already seen "all the usual suspects" in terms of what I see in Florida so far in 2021. And I saw a racer on December 31, 2020!
Same, only different.
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