RING-NECKED DUCKS, OSSIE'S POND, PUNTA GORDA, FL

In the photo, the Ring-bellied Duck at center left is a male and the one at center-right is a female.

AMERICAN ROBIN, OSSIE'S POND, PUNTA GORDA, FL

GLOSSY IBIS, OSSIE'S POND, PUNTA GORDA, FL

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BROWN PELICANS, BAYSHORE PARK, CHARLOTTE HARBOR, PUNTA GORDA, FL

MALE HOODED MERGANSER, BAYSHORE PARK, CHARLOTTE HARBOR, PUNTA GORDA, FL

GULLS GALORE!, BAYSHORE PARK, CHARLOTTE HARBOR, PUNTA GORDA, FL

LAUGHING GULLS, BAYSHORE PARK, CHARLOTTE HARBOR, PUNTA GORDA, FL

   The gulls in the first two photos are Laughing Gulls which have almost completely molted into breeding plumage. In the last photo the gull on the right is a 1st winter Laughing Gull and the one on the left is a nonbreeding adult.