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An egret wades through the shallow waters of a pond at the Naples Botanical Gardens on Wednesday afternoon. Recent heavy rains have wildlife officials optimistic about nesting prospects for Southwest Florida's wading birds, particularly wood storks, whose nesting success is an important indicator of wetland health. Tristan Spinski/Staff

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An egret wades through the shallow waters of a pond at the Naples Botanical Gardens on Wednesday afternoon. Recent heavy rains have wildlife officials optimistic about nesting prospects for Southwest Florida's wading birds, particularly wood storks, whose nesting success is an important indicator of wetland health. Tristan Spinski/Staff

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  • An egret wades through the shallow waters of a pond at the Naples Botanical Gardens on Wednesday afternoon. Recent heavy rains have wildlife officials optimistic about nesting prospects for Southwest Florida's wading birds, particularly wood storks, whose nesting success is an important indicator of wetland health. Tristan Spinski/Staff
  • An egret wades through the shallow waters of a pond at the Naples Botanical Gardens on Wednesday afternoon. Recent heavy rains have wildlife officials optimistic about nesting prospects for Southwest Florida's wading birds, particularly wood storks, whose nesting success is an important indicator of wetland health. Tristan Spinski/Staff
  • A swollen stream rushes through Big Cypress National Preserve in eastern Collier County on Wednesday afternoon. Recent heavy rains have wildlife officials optimistic about nesting prospects for Southwest Florida's wading birds, particularly wood storks, whose nesting success is an important indicator of wetland health. Tristan Spinski/Staff
  • Two wood storks stand on an embankment next to a canal on Immokalee Road in North Naples on Wednesday afternoon. Recent heavy rains have wildlife officials optimistic about nesting prospects for Southwest Florida's wading birds, particularly wood storks, whose nesting success is an important indicator of wetland health. Tristan Spinski/Staff
  • An duckling paddles through the shallow waters of a pond at the Naples Botanical Gardens on Wednesday afternoon. Recent heavy rains have wildlife officials optimistic about nesting prospects for Southwest Florida's wading birds, particularly wood storks, whose nesting success is an important indicator of wetland health. Tristan Spinski/Staff
  • Water fills the lake and the grass flats at the Naples Botanical Gardens on Wednesday afternoon. Recent heavy rains have wildlife officials optimistic about nesting prospects for Southwest Florida's wading birds, particularly wood storks, whose nesting success is an important indicator of wetland health. Tristan Spinski/Staff
  • A cormorant fans out its wings at the Naples Botanical Gardens on Wednesday afternoon. Recent heavy rains have wildlife officials optimistic about nesting prospects for Southwest Florida's wading birds, particularly wood storks, whose nesting success is an important indicator of wetland health. Tristan Spinski/Staff
  • A wood stork takes flight from an embankment next to a canal on Immokalee Road in North Naples on Wednesday afternoon. Recent heavy rains have wildlife officials optimistic about nesting prospects for Southwest Florida's wading birds, particularly wood storks, whose nesting success is an important indicator of wetland health. Tristan Spinski/Staff
  • Water fills the grass flats next to U.S. 41 in Big Cypress National Preserve in eastern Collier County on Wednesday afternoon. Recent heavy rains have wildlife officials optimistic about nesting prospects for Southwest Florida's wading birds, particularly wood storks, whose nesting success is an important indicator of wetland health. Tristan Spinski/Staff
  • Two wood storks stand on an embankment next to a canal on Immokalee Road in North Naples on Wednesday afternoon. Recent heavy rains have wildlife officials optimistic about nesting prospects for Southwest Florida's wading birds, particularly wood storks, whose nesting success is an important indicator of wetland health. Tristan Spinski/Staff
  • Several wood storks perch in a tree next to a canal on State Road 29 in eastern Collier County on Wednesday afternoon. Recent heavy rains have wildlife officials optimistic about nesting prospects for Southwest Florida's wading birds, particularly wood storks, whose nesting success is an important indicator of wetland health. Tristan Spinski/Staff
  • A wood stork perches in a tree next to a canal on Immokalee Road in North Naples on Wednesday afternoon. Recent heavy rains have wildlife officials optimistic about nesting prospects for Southwest Florida's wading birds, particularly wood storks, whose nesting success is an important indicator of wetland health. Tristan Spinski/Staff
  • A wood stork takes flight from an embankment next to a canal on Immokalee Road in North Naples on Wednesday afternoon. Recent heavy rains have wildlife officials optimistic about nesting prospects for Southwest Florida's wading birds, particularly wood storks, whose nesting success is an important indicator of wetland health. Tristan Spinski/Staff

Recent heavy rains have wildlife officials optimistic about nesting prospects for Southwest Florida's wading birds, particularly wood storks, whose nesting success is an important indicator of wetland health.

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