MALE RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 4/5/2022

 

SWALLOW-TAILED KITES PERCHED ON TREE LIMB, BREWER PARK, MILLER DRIVE, SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, 4/4/2022

 

RED-MASKED PARAKEETS, ONE WITH WINGS SPREAD, BREWER PARK, MILLER DRIVE, SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, 4/4/2022

 

YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON GATHERING A TWIG FOR NEST BUILDING, BREWER PARK,MILLER DRIVE,SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, 4/4/2022

 

BBLUE-CROWNED PARAKEET (BLUE-CROWNED CONURE), RICHARDSON HISTORIC PARK, WILTON MANORS, FLORIDA, 4/3/2022 - NEW SPECIES TO PHOTOGRAPHIC LIFE LIST # 1016

   We can ID this parakeet as a Blue-crowned Parakeet as follows:

• Overall green bird with dull blue crown and face
• White orbital ring around eye
• Long pointed tail
• Legs are pinkish with brown claws

   The Blue-crowned Parakeet is native to large parts of South America, from Eastern Columbia in the north to northern Argentina in the south. These parakeets have been introduced to urban area of south Florida, California and Hawaii.

   The Blue-crowned Parakeet is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 1,016.

  

 

EUROPEAN STARLING, RICHARDSON HISTORIC PARK & NATURE CENTER, WILTON MANORS, FLORIDA, 4/3/2022

 

RED-MASKED PARAKEETS, RICHARDSON HISTORIC PARK & NATURE CENTER, WILTON MANORS, FLORIDA, 4/3/2022