ROYAL TERNS AT CLAM PASS PARK/BEACH, NAPLES, FL

SUNSET AT CLAM PASS PARK/ B

BLACK SKIMMER AT CLAM PASS PARK/BEACH IN NAPLES, FL

   While walking along Clam Pass Beach we saw in the distance a sandbar with gulls, terns and Black Skimmer's on it.  The Black Skimmer is a new species to our Life List, which now stands at 131.

REDDISH EGRET AT CLAM PASS PARK/BEACH, NAPLES, FL

OSPREY AT CLAM PASS PARK/BEACH IN NAPLES, FLORIDA

   Yesterday Sharon and I went to Clam Pass Park/Beach in Naples.  It's a beautiful beach.  From the parking lot to the beach is a long walk, but a shuttle runs back and forth.  As we walked along the beach, we sighted in the distance an Osprey perched on a dead tree.  

YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS IN GORDON RIVER, NAPLES, FL

   One of the sightings we saw on the electric boat ride on th Gordon River was a adult Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, a juvenile and a nest in a Mangrove island.  You  can just about make out the heron in the nest, but you can't see all of the bird.

ADULT YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON

JUVENILE YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON

YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON IN NEST
 IN MANGROVE ISLAND ON GORDON RIVER

LITTLE BLUE HERON AT GORDON RIVER, NAPLES, FLORIDA

   Yesterday Sharon and I took my grandkids to the Conservancy of SW Florida in Naples.  One of the attractions at the conservancy is an electric boat ride on the Gordon River and connecting waterways.  We have been on this boat tride before and saw few birds, but yesterday we lucked out.

   Here is our first photo: a Little Blue Heron.