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Sunday, January 2, 2022

FEMALE ANHINGA, PELICAN BAY, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 1/2/2022


 

ROSEATE SPOONBILL & GREAT EGRET, PELICAN BAY, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 1/2/2022




 

EASTERN LUBBER GRASSHOPPER, PELICAN BAY, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 1/2/2022

   This grasshopper is also known as the Florida lubber and Florida lubber grasshopper.  It is native to south-eastern and south-central U.S.






 

MALE & FEMALE MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRDS IN FLIGHG, PELICAN BAY, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 1/2/2022

   We can ID the Magnificent Frigatebird in the first photo as a male by its red gular sac (bare patch of red skin on the throat).  The Magnificent Frigatebird in the second and third photos is a female.  We can ID this Frigatebird as a female by the absence of the red gular sac and its by its chest not being black, but light in color.





 

JUVENILE SANDERLINGS, PELICAN BAY, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 1/2/2022





 

WILLET, PELICAN BAY, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 1/2/2022






 

RING-BILLED GULL, PELICAN BAY, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 1/2/2022