GREAT BLUE HERONS, SIX MILE CYPRESS SLOUGH PRESERVE, PENZANCE BLVD, FORT MYERS, 11/27/2023

 

FEMALE RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, SIX MILE CYPRESS SLOUGH PRESERVE, PENZANCE BLVD, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 11/27/2023

 

NONBREEDING LAUGHING GULLS IN FLIGHT & IN WATER, SUGDEN REGIONAL PARK, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 11/26/2023

 

MALE & FEMALE BLUE-WINGED TEALS, MARSH TRAIL, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 11/25/2023

 

COMMON GALLINULES, MARSH TRAIL, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 11/25/2023

 

OSPREY IN FLIGHT & SETTLING ON A SNAG, MARSH TRAIL, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 11/25/2023

 

TWO DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS ON A RED MANGROVE TREE, MARSH TRAIL, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 11/25/2023

   I wasn't aware of this, but in determining that this was a red mangrove tree, I found out that the red mangrove is an evergreen tree.