LAUGHING GULL IN THE AIR AND ON LAND, BUNCH BEACH PRESERVE, FT. MYERS BEACH, FL

FEMALE BLUE-WINGED TEAL, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

   These ducks can be identified as a female Blue-winged  Teals by the white eye-arcs, dark eye line and and white at base of bill which forms a vague crescent with white on throat.

BROWN PELICAN ON WATER & FLYING, BUNCHE BEACH PRESERVE, FT. MYERS BEACH, FL

DUCKS, GALLINULES & COOTS, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

   This is a mixture of Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks, American Coots and Common Gallinules.

MOTTLED DUCK, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

      These are two Mottled Ducks.  The duck on the left is "dabbling", that is, it's upending so that its bill can reach deeper.  Dabbling ducks rarely dive.  We can I.D. the duck on the right as a male Mottled Duck as follows:

• Bright yellow bill
• Black spot on gape

GREEN HERON, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

FEMALE AMERICAN WIGEON, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

   This duck can be identified as a female American Wigeon as follows:

• Blue bill with black tip
• Greyish head with brownish crown
• Brownish chest and sides

   The American Wigeon is a new species to our Life List, which now stands at 249.