GLOSSY IBIS & LITTLE BLUE HERON, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

   The Glossy Ibis on the left is molting from nonbreeding to breeding plumage.  Most of the body has turned dark brown with the wings glossy blue-green.  The Little Blue Heron is on the right.

AMERICAN WIGEONS, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

   The first photo shows a male American Wigeon in breeding plumage.  In the second photo the male in breeding plumage is on the right and the female is on the left.

CASPIAN TERN IN FLIGHT, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

KILDEER, KIRBY STORTER ROADSIDE PARK, BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, COLLIER COUNTY, FL

PURPLE MARTINS, THEIR HOUSES AND IN FLIGHT, VISITOR CENTER AREA, BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, COLLIER COUNTY, FL

JUVENILE LITTLE BLUE HERON, WAGON WHEEL RD., BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, COLLIER COUNTY, FL

   We can ID this heron as a juvenile Little Blue Heron because it is all white and has pale gray lores and pale gray bill with a dark end.

EASTERN MEADOWLARK, WAGON WHEEL RD., BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, COLLIER COUNTY, FL