BREEDING COMMON GALLINULE, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

OSPREYS IN FLIGHT, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

   The two Ospreys are probably a mated pair.  There nest is shown in the last photo.

BLACK-NECKED STILT, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK & AMERICAN COOT, EAGLE LAKES COMMUNITY PARK, NAPLES, FL

   The duck on the right in the first photo is a Black-bellied Whistling-Duck.  The bird in the the foreground on the left is an American Coot.  Most Ameican Coots have a white bill and a red frontal shield.  However, mostly in the south, occasionally a male American Coot has a white frontal shield.  This seems to be the case for this bird.

   In the second photo the duck on the left is a Black-bellied Whistling-Duck.  We couldn't ID the species on the right.

NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, VERONAWALK, NAPLES, FL

MALE NORTHERN FLICKER, VERONAWALK, NAPLES, FL

   We can ID this Northern Flicker as a male by its black malar stripe.

JUVENILE MALE BALTIMORE ORIOLE, PRINCE EDWARD POINT NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA, MILFORD, ON

   This is a juvenile male Baltimore Oriole molting into an adult.  A first year juvenile is similar to a female Baltimore Oriole.  In this bird the head has turned dark brown/black already and the back of the neck and back are beginning to turn black.