RAINBOW, HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA, 12/19/2021

 

MALE & FEMALE SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHERS, FROG POND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA-LUCKY HAMMOCK, HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA, 12/19/2021

   The male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is the bird with the longer tail; the female has the shorter tail  (although still pretty long).

 

TROPICAL KINGBIRD, FROG POND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA-LUCKY HAMMOCK, HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA, 12/19/2021

 

NONBREEDING EASTERN MEADOWLARK, FROG POND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA-LUCKY HAMMOCK, HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA, 12/19/2021

 

AMERICAN KESTREL, FROG POND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA-LUCKY HAMMOCK, HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA, 12/19/2021

 

ROCK PIGEON (FERAL PIGEON), NAPLES CITY DOCK, CREIGHTON COVE,NAPLES,FLORIDA, 12/18/2021

 

NONBREEDING LESSER YELLOWLEGS AMONG LAUGHING GULLS & WILLETS, DING DARLING NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, SANIBEL, FLORIDA, 12/16/2021

   The nonbreeding Lesser Yellowlegs is the shorebird with the long, yellow legs on the lower left of the photo.  We can ID it as a Lesser Yellowlegs, rather then a Greater Yellowlegs, as it is considerably smaller than the two Laughing Gulls near it.