MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRDS DIVING FOR FRESH WATER AT MACKLE POND, MACKLE COMMUNITY PARK,MARCO ISLAND,FLORIDA, 4/7/2021

   Unlike most other seabirds, Frigatebirds drink fresh water when they come across it, by swooping down and gulping with their bills.  We have been to Mackle Pond several times this season and each time we have observed Magnificent Frigatebirds diving for fresh water.

 

FLEET OR FLOTILLA OF MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD CIRCLING OVER A POND, MACKLE COMMUNITY PARK,MARCO ISLAND,FLORIDA, 4/7/2021

   We counted about 18 Magnificent Frigatebirds circling over Mackle Pond, but couldn't get them all in one photo.

 

MALE MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD IN FLIGHT, MACKLE COMMUNITY PARK,MARCO ISLAND,FLORIDA, 4/7/2021

 

MALE NORTHERN CARDINAL ON WEATHERVANE, SNOOK DRIVE & BLUEFIN CT, NAPLES,FLORIDA, 4/6/2021

 

MALE BALTIMORE ORIOLE, SNOOK DRIVE & BLUEFIN CT, NAPLES,FLORIDA, 4/6/2021

 

GREAT EGRETS, BROWN PELICANS & OTHER WADING BIRDS, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN,NAPLES,FLORIDA, 4/6/2021

 

BREEDING TRICOLORED HERON, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN,NAPLES,FLORIDA, 4/