RING-NECKED DUCKS, ACKERMAN LAKE, SARASOTA, FL

   The duck in the the foreground is a female Ring-necked Duck and the duck next to it is the male.  Both are in breeding plumage.  We can differentiate the male Ring-necked Duck from the similar male Lesser and Greater Scaups by the black back and the white "spur" on the side.  The female has a prominant white eye-ring.

SNOWY EGRET, THE CELERY FIELDS, SARASOTA, FL

WINTER WILLET, THE CELERY FIELDS, SARASOTA, FL

MANAGERIE OF BIRDS, SUGDEN PARK, NAPLES, FL

   This group of birds included white ibises, wood storks, american coots and common gallinules.

FERAL MUSCOVY DUCKS, SUGDEN PARK, NAPLES, FL

BRAZILIAN GARDEN, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN, NAPLES, FL

AMERICAN KESTREL, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN, NAPLES, FL