TURTLE AND ITS REFLECTION, SIX MILE CYPRESS SLOUGH PRESERVE, FT. MYERS, FL

GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

   We identified this bird as a Great-crested Flycatcher as follows:

• Gray head, neck and breast
• Bright yellow belly
• Rufous color on tail; also you can see rufous color on wings

   The Great-crested Flycatcher is a new species to our Life List, which now stands at 243.

WHITE PEACOCK BUTTERFLY, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

WILSON'S SNIPE, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

   This sandpiper can easily be recognized as a Wilson's Snipe by the bold cream colored stripes on the back.

WHITE-WINGED DOVE, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

   This is the Florida subspecies of the Red-shouldered Hawk.  This subspecies is paler than the northern birds.

BLUE-WINGED TEALS, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN, NAPLES, FL

   The Blue-winged Teals on the left and the right are males and the one in the middle is a female.  The males have a white crescent on their face, while the female has a pale patch at the base of the bill and white eye-arcs.