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"Nothing is gained by hanging onto past disappointments"

(A little blue heron bathing at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, FL)

#littleblueheron #heron #naturephotography #nature #lovefl #swfl #bird #wildlife #birdwatching #naturelover #florida #sanibel #michialeschneiderphotography #dingdarlingwildliferefuge

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"If you're going to be salty, at least bring the tequila" (A great egret in flight at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

#greategret #egret #naturephotography #nature #lovefl #swfl #bird #wildlife #birdwatching #naturelover #florida #michialeschneiderphotography #sanibel #dingdarlingwildliferefuge

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"The angel on my shoulder is purely decorative..." (A roseate spoonbill at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

#roseatespoonbill #spoonbill #naturephotography #nature #bird #wildlife #birdwatching #naturelover #lovefl #swfl #florida #michialeschneiderphotography #dingdarlingwilldliferefuge #sanibel

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"Do you ever get the urge to start organizing and then two hours later you are just looking around in a mess like… What the heck have I done?"

(A pair of red-bellied woodpeckers at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

#woodpecker #nature #naturephotography #bird #birdwatching #wildlife #naturelover #lovefl #swfl #florida #michialeschneiderphotography #sanibel

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"I'm a very strong woman who is capable of many things...but restraining myself around chips and salsa is not one of them!"

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

(A blue crab at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

#bluecrab #crab #naturephotography #nature #lovefl #swfl #naturelover #florida #sanibel #michialeschneiderphotography #dingdarlingwildliferefuge

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“Embrace uncertainty. some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won't have a title until much later.”

(A burrowing owl family in Cape Coral, Florida)

#burrowingowls #owl #naturephotography #nature #wildlife #bird #birdwatching #naturelover #lovefl #swfl #florida #capecoral #michialeschneiderphotography

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"Some people tend to forget that kindness & manners are free..." (A burrowing owlet in Cape Coral, Florida)

#burrowingowl #owlet #naturephotography #nature #bird #wildlife #birdwatching #naturelover #lovefl #swfl #michialeschneiderphotography #capecoral #florida

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"Do you ever feel like you're on season eight of your life, and the writers are just doing outrageous stuff to keep it interesting?" (A tricolored heron at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

#tricoloredheron #nature #naturephotography #bird #birdwatching #wildlife #naturelover #lovefl #swfl #dingdarlingwildliferefuge #michialeschneiderphotography #sanibel #florida

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"Wealth is the ability to fully experience life..." (A female anhinga at the Venice Rookery in Florida)

#anhinga #naturephotography #nature #bird #birdwatching #naturelover #wildlife #lovefl #swfl #michialeschneiderphotography #venicefl #florida

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"​​Honey, time marches on and eventually you realize it is marchin' across your face." —Truvy Jones, Steel Magnolias(A pelican at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

#pelican #naturephotography #nature #bird #wildlife #birdwatching #naturelover #lovefl #swfl #dingdarlingwildliferefuge #michialeschneiderphotography #sanibel #florida

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"I love how shocked my kids get when I lose my mind, as if they didn't just spend the last three hours trying to make it happen!" (A bowl of roseate spoonbills at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

#spoonbill #roseatespoonbills #bird #naturephotography #nature #wildlife #birdwatching #naturelover #lovefl #swfl #dingdarlingwildliferefuge #michialeschneiderphotography #sanibel #florida

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"I just laugh stuff off because prison doesn't cook the food I like." (An osprey at Lakes Park in Fort Myers, FL)

#osprey #raptor #bird #naturephotography #nature #lovefl #swfl #wildlife #birdwatching #naturelover #michialeschneiderphotography #lakespark #fortmyers #ftmyers

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"I'd be unstoppable if not for laws and physics."

(A green heron doing a little side stepping at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida)

#greenheron #heron #naturephotography #nature #bird #wildlife #birdwatching #naturelover #lovefl #swfl #dingdarlingwildliferefuge #michialeschneiderphotography #sanibel #florida

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"I don't have the energy to be an adult today" (A carefree snowy egret strutting along Caspersen Beach, Florida)

#snowyegret #egret #naturephotography #nature #bird #wildlife #birdwatching #naturelover #lovefl #swfl #michialeschneiderphotography #caspersenbeach #florida

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“It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver." ~Betty White

(A trio of anhingas at the Venice Area Rookery in Florida)

#anhinga #naturephotography #nature #bird #wildlife #birdwatching #naturelover #lovefl #swfl #michialeschneiderphotography #venicefl #florida

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“We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." ~Native American proverb

(A watchful burrowing owl in Cape Coral, Florida)

#burrowingowl #owl #naturephotography #nature #bird #wildlife #birdwatching #naturelover #lovefl #swfl #michialeschneiderphotography #capecoral #florida

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"Blaze a path with your own wild unapologetic self and illumiate the world!"

(The sun sets after another beautiful day in Southwest Florida)

#sunset #water #gulfofmexico #lovefl #swfl #naturephotography #nature #naturelover #michialeschneiderphotography #florida