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Friday, January 24, 2020

TRICOLORED HERON, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NWR,COLLIER COUNTY,FLORIDA, 1/23/2020





GREEN HERON, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NWR,COLLIER COUNTY,FLORIDA, 1/23/2020


SNOWY EGRET, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NWR,COLLIER COUNTY,FLORIDA, 1/23/2020



BLUE-WINGED TEALS, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NWR,COLLIER COUNTY, 1/23/2020






FLOCK OF AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS IN FLIGHT, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NWR,COLLIER COUNTY,FLORIDA, 1/23/2020

   There were 19 American White Pelicans in this flock.  A group of pelicans has several names: brief, pod, pouch, scoop and squadron.























WOOD STORKS, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NWR,COLLIER COUNTY,FLORIDA, 1/23/2020





RED-BREASTED MERGANSER JUST RELEASED FROM REHAB, MARSH TRAIL,TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NWR,COLLIER COUNTY,FLORIDA, 1/23/2020

   This Red-breasted Merganser had just been released from rehab a few minutes before these photos were taken.  It had been in rehab at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples due to minor injuries suffered in some kind auto accident.