LIMPKINS, COLLIER-SEMINOLE SP-BORDER PATH, U.S. 41 S FROM SIX L'S FARM RD, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 1/12/2023

 

AN ABUNDANCE OF WATERBIRDS, ST. MARKS NWR - LIGHTHOUSE POOL & FLATS, LIGHTHOUSE RD, WAKULLA COUNTY, FLORIDA, 1/10/2023

 

BLACK SKIMMERS, ST. MARKS NWR - LIGHTHOUSE POOL & FLATS, LIGHTHOUSE RD, WAKULLA COUNTY, FLORIDA, 1/10/2023

 

MALE & FEMALE REDHEADS, INCLUDING WHITE-HEADED VARIANT OF FEMALE, ST, MARKS NWR - LIGHTHOUSE POOL & FLATS, LIGHTHOUSE RD, WAKULLA COUNTY, FLORIDA, 1/10/2023

   The first photo shows a male Redhead in the background and a female in the foreground.  The second photo shows a male Redhead.  The last photo shows a female Redhead with white feathers on its face, where there usually would be light brown feathers. Some females, especially older birds, show white feathers on their face or elsewhere on their head and neck. Sibley 2nd Edition describes this as the "White-headed variant" of the female Redhead.

 

FEMALE AMERICAN WIGEONS & AMERICAN COOTS, ST. MARKS NWR - LIGHTHOUSE POOL & FLATS, LIGHTHOUSE RD, WAKULLA COUNTY, FLORIDA, 1/10/2023

 

MALE & FEMALE AMERICAN WIGEONS, ST. MARKS NWR - LIGHTHOUSE POOL & FLATS, LIGHTHOUSE RD, WAKULLA COUNTY, FLORIDA, 1/10/2023

    The first photo shows a male American Wigeon on the right and a female on the left. The second and third photos show a male American Wigeon and the last photo a female.

ROYAL TERNS, ST. MMARKS NWR - LIGHTHOUSE POOL & FLATS, LIGHTHOUSE RD, WAKULLA COUNTY, FLORIDA, 1/10/2023