KILDEER AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FLORIDA

BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK AT EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FLORIDA

      This morning Sharon and I took a walk in Eagle Lakes Community Park and sighted and photographed a new species for our Life List, a Black-bellied Whistling Duck.  This is a pretty distinctive bird:

• Red bill
• Reddish-brown back
• Black belly & underwing
• Pink legs
• Grey face
• White upperwing stripe

FISH CROW AT CLAM PASS PARK/BEACH, NAPLES, FL

   We could tell this was a Fish Crow, not an American Crow by its call: "cah".

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