BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS ON TREE, CELERY FIELDS, PALMER BLVD, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 2/9/2022

 

YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, CELERY FIELDS,PALMER BLVD, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 2/9/2022

 

PURPLE MARTINS AT THEIR HOUSES, CELERY FIELDS,PALMER BLVD, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 2/9/2022

 

BIRDS IN AREA NEAR BIRDING TOWER WHERE CATTAILS WERE CLEARCUT, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 2/8/2022

   During our regular Tuesday morning birding walk at the Naples Botanical Garden, as we arrived at the birding tower, we saw the area near it where the cattails were clearcut by the garden.  This was the area we periodically saw American Bitterns and also a Sora.  Many birders were extremely upset at this.  According to the garden the cattails were cut down because eventually they would spread throughout the lake.

   We did see many birds foraging in the former catrail area, including the following species:

• Great Egret
• Wood Stork
• White Ibis
• Little Blue Heron
• Tricolored Heron
• Green Heron

 

GREEN HERON TURNING FISH AROUND TO SWALLOW HEAD FIRST, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 2/8/2022

 

LITTLE BLUE HERON, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 2/8/2022

 

AMERICAN COOTS, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 2/8/2022