MALE & FEMALE BELTED KINGFISHER, SIX L'S FARM RD, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 11/28/2024

   The first photo shows a male Belted Kingfisher (has only one band on chest, a blue one) and the second photo shows a female Belted Kingfisher (has two bands on chest, a blue band and a chestnut band).

MY BIRD PHOTOS USED BY CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLGY, 11/27/2024

   Just received this email today, regarding Cornell Lab of Ornithology, using 296 of the bird photos that I contributed to eBird to help train their new Merlin photo ID model.  This photo ID model is now part of Merlin version 3.5.

KILLDEER, VERONA WALK, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 11/27/2024

   Photo taken with cell phone - Samsung  Galaxy S23 Ultra

 

BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, VERONA WALK, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 11/26/2024

 

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT ON BUOY & LATER IN WATER, VERONA WALK, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 11/26/2024

 

BLUE-WINGED TEAL, CELERY FIELDS, PALMER BLVD, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 11/23/2024

 

FEMALE EASTERN BLUEBIRD, CELERY FIELDS, PALMER BLVD, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 11/23/2024