OSPREY AT CLAM PASS PARK/BEACH IN NAPLES, FLORIDA

   Yesterday Sharon and I went to Clam Pass Park/Beach in Naples.  It's a beautiful beach.  From the parking lot to the beach is a long walk, but a shuttle runs back and forth.  As we walked along the beach, we sighted in the distance an Osprey perched on a dead tree.  

YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS IN GORDON RIVER, NAPLES, FL

   One of the sightings we saw on the electric boat ride on th Gordon River was a adult Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, a juvenile and a nest in a Mangrove island.  You  can just about make out the heron in the nest, but you can't see all of the bird.

ADULT YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON

JUVENILE YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON

YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON IN NEST
 IN MANGROVE ISLAND ON GORDON RIVER

LITTLE BLUE HERON AT GORDON RIVER, NAPLES, FLORIDA

   Yesterday Sharon and I took my grandkids to the Conservancy of SW Florida in Naples.  One of the attractions at the conservancy is an electric boat ride on the Gordon River and connecting waterways.  We have been on this boat tride before and saw few birds, but yesterday we lucked out.

   Here is our first photo: a Little Blue Heron.

EUROPEAN STARLING AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK

NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK

WHITE IBIS AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

ADULT WHITE IBIS

JUVENNILE WHITE IBIS IN FOREGROUND

BIRDING AT CITY PIER AT CRAYTON COVE: LAUGHING GULL, BROWN PELICAN & SNOWY EGRET

   Yesterday after Eagle Lakes Community Park we went to the City Pier in Crayton Cove in Naples.  This is a good location to view Brown Pelicans, gulls and other birds.  Here are some photos:

• Laughing Gull in mostly breeding plumage.  The gull has a black hood and a bill that is starting to turn red at the end.  Compare to the nonbreeding Laughing Gull in the next photo.
• Nonbreeding Laughing Gull
• Brown Pelican
• Snowy Egret

LAUGHING GULL WITH PARTIAL BREEDING PLUMAGE

LAUGHING GULL IN NON-BREEDING PLUMAGE

BROWN PELICAN

SNOWY EGRET