EUROPEAN STARLING AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK

NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK

WHITE IBIS AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

ADULT WHITE IBIS

JUVENNILE WHITE IBIS IN FOREGROUND

BIRDING AT CITY PIER AT CRAYTON COVE: LAUGHING GULL, BROWN PELICAN & SNOWY EGRET

   Yesterday after Eagle Lakes Community Park we went to the City Pier in Crayton Cove in Naples.  This is a good location to view Brown Pelicans, gulls and other birds.  Here are some photos:

• Laughing Gull in mostly breeding plumage.  The gull has a black hood and a bill that is starting to turn red at the end.  Compare to the nonbreeding Laughing Gull in the next photo.
• Nonbreeding Laughing Gull
• Brown Pelican
• Snowy Egret

LAUGHING GULL WITH PARTIAL BREEDING PLUMAGE

LAUGHING GULL IN NON-BREEDING PLUMAGE

BROWN PELICAN

SNOWY EGRET

SNOWY EGRET AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK

NORTHERN CARDINAL AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK

BIRDING AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK: BLACK-NECKED STILT

   During the fall and winter months Eagle Lakes Community Park is one of the best birding hotspots in the Naples, Florida area.  We had never actually been at the park this time of year, so we thought we would try it out.  Even this time of year it's still a good birding hotspot.

   We sighted and photographed a Black-necked Stilt.  It is a distinctive bird, easy to recognize:

• Distinctive black and whte pattern: black above & white below
• Very long red legs
• Long black bill