CATTLE EGRETS, THE CELERY FIELDS, SARASOTA, FL

MIXED FLOCKS OF RING-NECKED DUCKS & LESSER SCAUPS, ACKERMAN LAKE, SARASOTA, FL

LESSER SCAUP, ACKERMAN LAKE, SARASOTA, FL

   This is a male Lesser Scaup in breeding plumage.  We can tell this is a Lesser Scaup rather than a Greater Scaup by the shape of the head and relatively course barring on its back.  It has a relatively tall head that is not as rounded as a Greater Scaup's.

RING-NECKED DUCKS, ACKERMAN LAKE, SARASOTA, FL

   The duck in the the foreground is a female Ring-necked Duck and the duck next to it is the male.  Both are in breeding plumage.  We can differentiate the male Ring-necked Duck from the similar male Lesser and Greater Scaups by the black back and the white "spur" on the side.  The female has a prominant white eye-ring.

SNOWY EGRET, THE CELERY FIELDS, SARASOTA, FL

WINTER WILLET, THE CELERY FIELDS, SARASOTA, FL

MANAGERIE OF BIRDS, SUGDEN PARK, NAPLES, FL

   This group of birds included white ibises, wood storks, american coots and common gallinules.