NEW YEARS EVE AT VERONA WALK, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 12/31/2024

    From left to right in the first photo: George, Sharon, Mary & Bob.

 

BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, 1/2/2024 - NEW SPECIES TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this bird as a Blue-winged Warbler as follows:

• Bright yellow with blue-gray wings
• Yellowish wing bars
• Small, sharp bill
• Black eye line
• White undertail coverts
• In the last two photos, the bird is foraging on the tree upside down.  Blue-winged Warblers often do this to pick insects from leaves.

   The Blue-winged Warbler is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.

 

BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA,m 1/2/2025

 

FEMALE BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, 1/2/2025

 

MALE RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, BREWER PARK, MILLER DRIVE, SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, 1/2/2025

 

EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE, BREWER PARK, MILLER DRIVE, SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, 1/2/2025

 

MOURNING DOVES, BREWER PARK, MILLER DRIVE, SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, 1/2/2025

 

YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (MYRTLE), BREWER PARK, MILLER DRIVE, SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, 1/2/2025

 

MALE PRAIRIE WARBLER, BREWER PARK, MILLER DRIVE, SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, 1/2/2025

 

FEMALE AMERICAN REDSTART, BREWER PARK, MILLER DRIVE, SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, 1/2/2025

 

MOMARCH BUTTERFLY POLLINATING A FLOWER, BREWER PARK, MILLER DRIVE, SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA,

 

COMMON GRACKLE & EUROPEAN STARLINGS,

 

COMMON GALLINULE, BREWER PARK, MILLER DRIVE, SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, 1/2/2025

 

MALE & FEMALE PAINTED BUNTINGS AT FEEDER, BREWER PARK, MILLER DRIVE, SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, 1/2/2025

 

MUSCOVY DUCKS, BREWER PARK, MILLER DRIVE, SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, 1/2/2025

 

NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS, BREWER PARK, MILLER DRIVE, SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, 1/2/2025

 

TURKEY VULTURE ATOP POST, BREWER PARK, MILLER DRIVE, SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, 1/2/2025

 

WHITE IBISES, BREWER PARK, MILLER DRIVE, SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, 1/2/2025

 

EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE, MARSH TRAIL, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 1/1/2025

 

PALM WARBLER, MARSH TRAIL, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 1/1/2025

 

SPIDER'S WEB, MARSH TRAIL, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 1/1/2025

 

BROWN PELICAN, MARSH TRAIL, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 1/1/2025

 

AMERICAN COOTS, MARSH TRAIL, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 1/1/2025

 

FEMALE ANHINGAS, MARSH TRAIL, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 1/1/2025

 

WOOD STORK IN FLIGHT, MARSH TRAIL, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 1/1/2025

 

TURKEY VULTURE, MARSH TRAIL, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 1/1/2024

 

GREAT BLUE HERONS, MARSH TRAIL, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 1/1/2025