BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

WHITE IBIS FLAPPING WINGS AND PREENING, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

OSPREY FLYING WITH FISH TO ITS NEST, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

MALE NORTHERN CARDINAL, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

PIPING PLOVER, TIGERTAIL BEACH, MARCO ISLAND, FL

   We can ID this plover as a Piping Plover as follows:

• Small and stocky with short and thick bill.
• Dull gray-brown above and white below.
• Orange legs.
• Dark eye isolated on pale face.
• The nonbreeding Piping Plover has an all black bill.  This bill is starting at the base to turn the orange of the breeding plover.

NONBREEDING DUNLIN, TIGERTAIL BEACH, MARCO ISLAND, FL

   We can ID this sandpiper as a nonbreeding Dunlin as follows:

• Long, black slightly drooping bill.
• Dark grey legs.
• Grey-brown above and white underneath.