REDDISH EGRET, TIGERTAIL BEACH, MARCO ISLAND, FL

   This Reddish Egret was it dance as part of foraging for fish.

NONBREEDING SANDERLING, TIGERTAIL BEACH, MARCO ISLAND, FL

   We can ID this sandpiper as a nonbreeding Sanderling as follows:

• Pale gray above with dark spot on shoulder.
• Clean white below.
• Black legs and black tubular bill.

TRICOLORED HERON, TIGERTAIL BEACH, MARCO ISLAND, FL

SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, TIGERTAIL BEACH, MARCO ISLAND, FL

   We can ID this plover as Semipalmated Plover as follows:

• Bill is black with some orange at the base.  If you look closely you can just make out the orange at the base.
• Legs are orange.
• Dark brown with white underside.  This is the darkest of the small plovers.
• Small, plump bird.

BREEDING WILSON'S PLOVER, TIGERTAIL BEACH, MARCO ISLAND, FL

   We can ID this plover as a breeding male Wilson's Plover by the following:

• Very large black bill.
• Dull pinkish legs.
• Complete black neck-ring (the female has a brown neck-ring).

SNOWY EGRETS, TIGERTAIL BEACH, MARCO ISLAND, FL

   We thought this first photo of the two Snowy Egrets both looking backwards at the same time was really interesting.

BELTED KINGFISHER, TIGERTAIL BEACH, MARCO ISLAND, FL