LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, DR. VON D. MIZELL-EULA JOHNSON STATE PARK, DANIA BEACH, FLORIDA, 3/10/2025

 

RING-BILLED GULL & LAUGHING GULL, DR. VON D. MIZELL-EULA JOHNSON STATE PARK, DANIA BEACH, FLORIDA, 3/10/2025

   The gull on the left is a Ring-billed Gull and the one on the right is a Laughing Gull.

 

ROCK PIGEON (FERAL PIGEON), DR. VON D. MIZELL-EULA JOHNSON STATE PARK, DANIA BEACH, FLORIDA, 3/10/2025

 

LAUGHING GULLS MOLTING FROM NONBREEDING TO BREEDING PLUMAGE, DR. VON D. MIZELL-EULA JOHNSON STATE PARK, DANIA BEACH, FLORIDA, 3/10/2025

   March is the time when Laughing Gulls molt from nonbreeding to breeding plumage.  The first photo shows a Laughing Gull that has molted to breeding plumage, but whose bill has not yet turned red.  The second photo shows a Laughing Gull who has just started molting from nonbreeding to breeding plumage, i.e., it's black hood has just started to form.

 

MALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, SIX L'S FARM RD, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 3/10/2025

 

EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE, SIX L'S FARM RD, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 3/10/2025

 

FISH CROWS ON WIRE, SIX L'S FARM RD, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 3/10/2025

 

GREAT EGRET & LITTLE BLUE HERON, SIX L'S FARM RD, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 3/10/2025

 

MALE COMMON GRACKLE WITH NEST BUILDING MATERIALS, SIX L'S FARM RD, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 3/10/2025

 

WESTERN CATTLE EGRETS, SIX L'S FARM RD, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 3/10/2025

 

SNOWY EGRETS, AMERICAN COOTS & OTHERS, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025

 

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT & OSPREY, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/2025

 

TURKEY VULTURE IN FLIGHT, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025

 

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025

 

WESTERN CATTLE EGRETS, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025

 

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025

 

GREAT EGRET, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025

 

AN OSPREY EATING A FISH, AN OPREY IN FLIGHT AND OPREYS PERCHED, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025

 

ANHINGAS, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2027

 

BLACK-NECKED STILT, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025

 

GREAT BLUE HERON, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025

 

ADULT & JUVENILE LITTLE BLUE HERONS, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025

 

BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025

 

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025

 

COMMON GRACKLE, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025

YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025

 

MALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025

 

WILSON'S SNIPE, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025

 

TRICOLORED HERONS, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025

 

PIED-BILLED GREBE, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025

 

SWAMP SPARROW, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025

 

SNOWY EGRETS, LAKE APOPKA NORTH SHORE WILDLIFE DRIVE, APOPKA, FLORIDA, 3/7/2025