{"id":2745,"date":"2011-03-31T00:15:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T00:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/?p=2745"},"modified":"2011-03-31T00:15:33","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T00:15:33","slug":"fastastic-fauna-of-key-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/?p=2745","title":{"rendered":"Fantastic Fauna of Key West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon I got a call from my friend Danny who found one of these in his yard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlepuddle.org\/american\/boxcare.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2746\" title=\"box turtle photo\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/box-turtle-photo-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>He knew what it was right away. A box turtle! I suggested that he call KW Wildlife and ask them what to do.<\/p>\n<p>Many sites are useful and informative describing the peculiarities of this charming land turtle.\u00a0 They are actually indigenous to our area. The folks at the wildlife center told him to leave it alone and let him go about his business unimpeded so that&#8217;s what Danny did right after taking his picture.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some more amazing critters that I have spotted lately.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGP2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2749\" title=\"IMGP2012\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGP2012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We saw these pelicans after taking a boat out &#8211; also with Danny! He is just a critter magnet!\u00a0 Here&#8217;s another pelican.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGP2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2750\" title=\"IMGP2015\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGP2015-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of cuteness. This little guy (who is probably full grown) was hanging out in the parking lot in Big Pine Key when we pulled in. He was very sure of himself, relishing his status as a protected species.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGP2097.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2754\" title=\"IMGP2097\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGP2097-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>He was licking the gravel. Was he after the salt?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGP2099.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2755\" title=\"IMGP2099\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGP2099-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Here&#8217;s a profile view. Take a look at Mr Adorable&#8217;s tender hooves! OMG! &#8211; the gimlet eye!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGP2101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2756\" title=\"IMGP2101\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGP2101-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>I saw this Ibis not so long ago &#8211; last week at the KW botanical gardens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGP1167.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2759\" title=\"IMGP1167\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMGP1167-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Then these two &#8211; caught in the act!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF0159.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2761\" title=\"DSCF0159\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF0159-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF1498.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2762\" title=\"DSCF1498\" src=\"https:\/\/argyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCF1498-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Bye from the house bunny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon I got a call from my friend Danny who found one of these in his yard. He knew what it was right away&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animals","category-key-west"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/argyle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}