NORTHERN CARDINAL, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN, NAPLES, FL

ADULT GREAT HORNED OWL & CHICK, REPUBLIC DRIVE, NAPLES, FL

   This Great Horned Owl nest is located on a snag near the end of Republic Drive in Naples.  Republic Drive is off of Bayshore Dr., across from the public parking lot exit of the Naples Botanical Garden.

   The first photo shows the adult owl, probably a female, with one of its chicks.  The male is probably out looking for food.  The second photo shows the chick by itself and the last two photos show the adult owl by itself.

WILSON'S SNIPE, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

ADULT GREEN HERON, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

BROWN PELICAN, BUNCHE BEACH PRESERVE/SAN CARLOS BAY, FT. MYERS BEACH, FL

DUNLINS, BUNCHE BEACH PRESERVE/SAN CARLOS BAY, FT. MYERS BEACH, FL

   We can ID these sandpipers as Dunlins by the following:

• Drab gray-brown above and white below.
• Long, black slightly drooping bill.
• Legs dark gray to black.
• Weakly marked face.

SANDERLING, BUNCHE BEACH PRESERVE/SAN CARLOS BAY, FT. MYERS BEACH, FL

   We can ID this sandpiper as a Sanderling by its relatively short, tubular black bill; its gray crown and back; its white belly and the patch of black feathers on its shoulders.