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Photo CC-BY-NC-SA license and credit and taxonomic work belongs to the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH).

This observation is a part of the long-term monitoring efforts of Gustav Paulay and his team at FLMNH and Friday Harbor Labs.

Although this observation also falls within the boundaries of the MarineGEO iNaturalist umbrella project (which is an ongoing collaborative work between MarineGEO and the Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, the Florida Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Museum, and our network partners), this is not from a MarineGEO specific campaign.

Photo CC-BY-NC-SA license and credit, and taxonomic work, belongs to the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH).

This observation is a part of the long-term monitoring efforts of Gustav Paulay and his team at FLMNH and Friday Harbor Labs. 

Although this observation also falls within the boundaries of the MarineGEO iNaturalist umbrella project (which is an ongoing collaborative work between MarineGEO and the Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, the Florida Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Museum, and our network partners), this is not from a MarineGEO specific campaign.

Photo CC-BY-NC-SA license and credit and taxonomic work belongs to the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH).

This observation is a part of the long-term monitoring efforts of Gustav Paulay and his team at FLMNH and Friday Harbor Labs.

Although this observation also falls within the boundaries of the MarineGEO iNaturalist umbrella project (which is an ongoing collaborative work between MarineGEO and the Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, the Florida Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Museum, and our network partners), this is not from a MarineGEO specific campaign.

Photo CC-BY-NC-SA license and credit, and taxonomic work, belongs to the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH).

This observation is a part of the long-term monitoring efforts of Gustav Paulay and his team at FLMNH and Friday Harbor Labs. 

Although this observation also falls within the boundaries of the MarineGEO iNaturalist umbrella project (which is an ongoing collaborative work between MarineGEO and the Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, the Florida Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Museum, and our network partners), this is not from a MarineGEO specific campaign.

Was exploring a large “den cave” I stumbled across while looking for herps, and was surprised to find these two fluff balls about 30ft in. After the flash from this photo, they started huffing and puffing so I left. I also didn’t want to run into any mature ones!

Photo CC-BY-NC-SA license and credit and taxonomic work belongs to the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH).

This observation is a part of the long-term monitoring efforts of Gustav Paulay and his team at FLMNH and Friday Harbor Labs.

Although this observation also falls within the boundaries of the MarineGEO iNaturalist umbrella project (which is an ongoing collaborative work between MarineGEO and the Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, the Florida Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Museum, and our network partners), this is not from a MarineGEO specific campaign.

I think this bird is albino rather than leucistic due to its red eye. The light-colored bill suggests that this is a juvenile.

There is a nice discussion of the terminology for birds lacking some or all melanin on David Sibley's website.