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With mating hormones coursing through its system, the world takes on a whole new look to the great white egret. Its that time again.

A blue ibis stands on a log in the Alafia River in Riverview, Florida. There must be something in the water.

The great golden heron oversees its domain on the Hillsborough River in Tampa, Florida.

This great blue heron had too much to drink at Woody's on St. Pete Beach, Florida and started to turn green.

Is this what bee's see? This Cherokee rose bush was covered with both blossoms and bees. The bees were so engrossed with the blossoms that they paid no attention to the photographer.

Aquamarine spoonbills search for food in a pond in the Cockroach Bay Aquatic Reserve in Ruskin, Florida.

This peacock hawk was looking for a mate in the Hillsborough River State Park in Tampa, Florida.

This pied heron was on the Hillsborough river in the Morris Bridge Park in Tampa, Florida.

A limpkin looks in the Hillsborough River in Lettuce Lake Park in Tampa, Florida for apple snails and freshwater mussels to eat. 

A flower manipulated digitally to see what it might look like through the eyes of an insect.

Concept of the start of the universe.

Stylized red flower.