LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE & BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

   I thought this was an interesting photo: the juxtaposition of the small Loggerhead Shrike and the large male Boat-tailed Grackle.

JUVENILE TRICOLORED HERON, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

GREAT EGRET, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

FEMALE BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE

   This female Boat-tailed Grackle is of the Gulf Coast/Florida variety, which has a dark iris, rather than the pale iris of Boat-tailed Gracles in other locations and the Common Grackle.

AMERICAN COOT, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

SILK FLOSS TREE, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDENS, NAPLES, FL

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDENS, NAPLES, FL