JUMPING FISH, MERRITT PUMP STATION, PICAYUNE STRAND STATE FOREST, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, 2/3/2023

 

JUVENILE BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, MERRITT PUMP STATION, PICAYUNE STRAND STATE FOREST, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, 2/3/2023

 

FEMALE PAINTED BUNTING, MERRITT PUMP STATION, PICAYUNE STRAND STATE FOREST, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, 2/3/2023

 

MALE AMERICAN KESTREL EATING A CATCH, MERRITT PUMP STATION, PICAYUNE STRAND STATE FOREST, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA,2/3/2023

 

GREAT BLUE HERON, MERRITT PUMP STATION, PICAYUNE STRAND STATE FOREST, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, 2/3/2023

 

LARGE MIXED SPECIES FLOCK OF BIRDS, MOSTLY AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, AT POND BENEATH PUMPHOUSE, MERRITT PUMP STATION, PICAYUNE STRAND STATE FOREST, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, 2/3/2023

   We can ID the following species in the flock:

• Numerous American White Pelicans
• Black Vultures
• Turkey Vultures
• Wood Storks
• Great Egrets
• Great Blue Herons
• Double-crested Cormorants (one with fish in bill)

MIXED SPECIES ON FENCES SURROUNDING POND BELOW PUMPHOUSE ON A FOGGY MORNING, MERRITT PUMP STATION, PICAYUNE STRAND STATE FOREST, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, 2/3/2023

   We can ID the following bird species on the fences:

• Great Egrets
• Wood Storks
• Black Vultures