NORTHERN PARULA, FREEDOM MEMORIAL PARK, NAPLES, FL

   We can ID this warbler as a Northern Parula by its blue-gray color, yellow throat, dark "necklace" with rufous below it and yellow breast.

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.