Limpkin 
Aramus  guarauna
Limpkin     Aramus  guarauna

The Limpkin, the only species of its family, once abundant in Florida was almost eradicated by humans hunting for food.  Conversion of wetlands for agriculture, flood control, and development have further contributed to the species’ decline in Florida, estimated at about 9.1% per year from 1966 to 1993.  Although it is wide spread in the tropics, it occupies only fresh water habitats in Florida and southern Georgia, where it mainly relies on fresh water snails, especially Apple Snails,
It carries the snail to the shore or a solid area of ground to open or just pound the snail open with its beak.
The Limpkin is generally a solitary bird nesting up to 20 ft. or higher in trees near open water.

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