RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN, NAPLES, FL

MALE DOWNY WOODPECKER, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN, NAPLES, FL

ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

   We were able to ID this warbler as an Orange-crowned Warbler as follows:

• Drab yellow underneath with blurry streaks
• Brighter yellow undertail coverts.  This can be seen on the second photo.
• Sharply pointed bill.
• Dark eye-line and broken eye-ring.
• Dark unmarked tail.

      The Orange-crowned Warbler is a new species to our Life List, which now stands at 262.

NONBREEDING PIPING PLOVER, BUNCHE BEACH PRESERVE/SAN CARLOS BAY, FT. MYERS, FL

   We can ID this peep as a nonbreeding Piping Plover by its stocky shape,  orange legs, very small black bill and large dark eye.

NONBREEDING BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, BUNCHE BEACH PRESERVE/SAN CARLOS BAY, FT. MYERS, FL

   We have identified this plover as a Black-bellied Plover rather than the very similar American Golden Plover as follows:

• It is much more likely (by about 99 to 1) to find on the beach a Black-bellied Plover than a American Golden-Plover.   The American Golden-Plover you usually find in dry mudflats, shortgrass fields and pastures.
• The belly is white, rather than the gray of the nonbreeding American Golden-Plover.
• The bill is very stout; more like the bill of a Black-bellied Plover than the bii of an American Golden-Plover.

NONBREEDING HERRING GULL, BUNCHE BEACH PRESERVE/SAN CARLOS BAY, FT. MYERS, FL

RING-BILLED GULL, BUNCHE BEACH/SAN CARLOS BAY, FT. MYERS, FL