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National Key Deer Refuge - Florida

Images of National Key Deer Refuge – Big Pine Key Florida, taken in October 2016.

Established in 1957 the National Key Deer Refuge was created to protect the endangered Key Deer on Big Pine Key. Key Deer, with noticeably shorter legs, are the smallest subspecies of white-tailed deer in North America.

I had seen several Key Deer while driving through Big Pine Key at night so I visited the refuge one day in hopes of catching a photograph of one of these unique animals. As it turns out I caught a glimpse of one while passing an abandoned building and quickly hopped out of the car in hopes of getting a picture. I slowly made my way around to the back of the building where I found a buck and took a few quick shots before he moved out of view. Going back to the front of the building I waited to see if he would reappear. Instead a small female emerged to cross the road allowing me to get a shot surpassing my expectations for the day.
Along a trail on Big Pine Key in the National Key Deer Refuge
Along a trail on Big Pine Key in the National Key Deer Refuge 		An endangered Key Deer buck in the National Key Deer Refuge
An endangered Key Deer buck in the National Key Deer Refuge		 An endangered Key Deer buck on Big Pine Key in the National Key Deer Refuge
An endangered Key Deer buck on Big Pine Key in the National Key Deer Refuge		 A young female endangered Key Deer in the National Key Deer Refuge
A young female endangered Key Deer in the National Key Deer Refuge		 The shore of the Blue Hole in the National Key Deer Refuge
The shore of the Blue Hole in the National Key Deer Refuge
Along the Blue Hole Trail in the National Key Deer Refuge
Along the Blue Hole Trail in the National Key Deer Refuge		 An Ibis in the National Key Deer Refuge
An Ibis in the National Key Deer Refuge		 An Iguana in the National Key Deer Refuge
An Iguana in the National Key Deer Refuge		 A dragonfly in the National Key Deer Refuge
A dragonfly in the National Key Deer Refuge		 Vegetation on a trail in the National Key Deer Refuge
Vegetation on a trail in the National Key Deer Refuge
The Blue Hole in the National Key Deer Refuge
The Blue Hole in the National Key Deer Refuge		 A Florida Softshell Turtle in the Blue Hole in the National Key Deer Refuge
A Florida Softshell Turtle in the Blue Hole in the National Key Deer Refuge		 Plant life at the edge of the Blue Hole in the National Key Deer Refuge
Plant life at the edge of the Blue Hole in the National Key Deer Refuge		 A Florida Softshell Turtle underwater in the Blue Hole in the National Key Deer Refuge
A Florida Softshell Turtle underwater in the Blue Hole in the National Key Deer Refuge		 Plant life on the edge of the Blue Hole in the National Key Deer Refuge
Plant life on the edge of the Blue Hole in the National Key Deer Refuge

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