RACOON FORAGING, FREEDOM MEMORIAL PARK, NAPLES, FL

TRICOLORED HERON, FREEDOM MEMORIAL PARK, NAPLES, FL

MALE BALTIMORE ORIOLE, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN, NAPLES, FL

   We can ID this bird as a Baltimore Oriole as follows:

• Bright orange body with black hood.
• White wing-bars.
• Bluish bill.
• Mostly orange tail.

FISH GORGING THEMSELVES, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN, NAPLES, FL

   We saw these fish gorging themselves on something in the water below the birding tower.

TRICOLORED HERON PREENING ITSELF, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN, NAPLES, FL

SHELTIE CONVENTION, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN, NAPLES FL

   Our Sheltie, Kenya (in the foreground), meet these two other Shelties atop the birding tower.

FEMALE ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN, NAPLES, FL

   Feral Rose-ringed Parakeets have established a stable population in Florida and other parts of the U.S.  They are native to Asia and Africa. We can ID this bird as a female Rose-ringed Parakeet as follows:

• Bright green with very long tail and gray feet.
• Red bill.
• Narrow black line from cere to eye.
• Reddish eye-ring.
• This parakeet is female, as it doesn't have the black collar of the male.

   The Rose-winged Parakeet is a new species to our Life List, which now stands at 274.