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Saturday, March 31, 2018

OVENBIRD, KEY WEST TROPICAL FOREST & BOTANICAL GARDEN,STOCK ISLAND, 3/26 & 3/27/18

   We can ID this warbler as an Ovenbird by its olive upperparts, white underparts heavily streaked with black, white eyering and a line of orange feathers running along the top of head bordered on each side by blackish-brown stripes.  The eyes are dark, the upper mandible of the bill is dark, the lower mandible is horn-colored and the bill is pointed.  The Ovenbird's legs and feet are pink.
   The Ovenbird gets its name from the shape of it's nest, which has a dome shape and side entrance that make it resemble a Dutch oven.









JUVENILE SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER, KEY WEST TROPICAL FOREST & BOTANICAL GARDEN, STOCK ISLAND,FLORIDA, 3/26/18


BREEDING LAUGHING GULL IN FLIGHT, KEY WEST,FLORIDA, 3/26/18


EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE, KEY WEST, FLORIDA, 3/25/18



BREEDING LAUGHING GULL, FLORIDA KEYS, 3/25/18



WILLETS, LONG KEY STATE PARK,LAYTON,FLORIDA, 3/25/18








SANDERLINGS, LONG KEY STATE PARK,LAYTON,FLORIDA, 3/25/18



Friday, March 30, 2018

LITTLE BLUE HERON, LONG KEY STATE PARK,LAYTON,FLORIDA,3/25/18



SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, LONG KEY STATE PARK, LAYTON, FLORIDA, 3/25/18






MALE BELTED KINGFISHER, FLORIDA KEYS, 3/25/18


LAUGHING GULLS, FLORIDA KEYS, 3/25/18



GREAT WHITE HERON, FLAMINGO, EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK,FLORIDA,3/24/18

   The Great White Heron is a white morph of the Great Blue Heron.  It is common in the Florida Keys.




CASPIAN TERN IN FLIGHT, WEST LAKE,EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK,FLORIDA,3/24/18



AMERICAN COOTS, WEST LAKE, EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK,FLORIDA, 3/24/18




BREEDING PALM WARBLER, PAUROTIS POND, EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK,FLORIDA,3/24/18




GREEN ANOLE, MAHOGANY HAMMOCK TRAIL,EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK,FLORIDA,3/24/18


MALE PILEATED WOODPECKER PEERING OUT OF NEST, MAHOGANY HAMMOCK TRAIL,EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK,FLORIDA,3/24/18

   We could see the hole in the tree and hear a woodpecker pecking away inside, probably trying to make it bigger.   Finally, a male Pileated Woodpecker peeked out.






FEMALE PILEATED WOODPECKER, LONG PINE KEY,EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK,FLORIDA, 3/24/18



MALE EASTERN TOWHEE (WHITE-EYED TYPE), LONG PINE KEY, EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK,FLORIDA, 3/24/18