MALE & FEMALE ANHINGAS MOLTING INTO BREEDING PLUMAGE, MARSH TRAIL, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIONAL W8LDLIFE REFUGE, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 2/18/2023

   Both the male Anhinga in the first two photos and the female in the last photo are developing the sparse white feathering of breeding plumage on the neck and head.

 

SNOWY EGRET IN BREEDING PLUMAGE & COMMON GALLINULE, MARSH TRAIL, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 2/18/2023

 

SNOWY EGRETS IN BREEDING PLUMAGE OF LACY PLUMES, MARSH TRAIL, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIONAL W8LDLIFE REFUGE, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 2/18/2023

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ADULT & JUVENILE LITTLE BLUE HERONS, MARSH TRAIL, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIONAL W8LDLIFE REFUGE, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 2/18/2023

   The last photo is of a juvenile Little Blue Heron; the rest of the photos are of adult Little Blue Herons.

 

GREAT BLUE HERONS, MARSH TRAIL, TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS NATIONAL W8LDLIFE REFUGE, NAPLES, FLORIDA, 2/18/2023

 

GRAY CATBIRD DRINKING WATER AT BIRDBATH, CELERY FIELDS, PALMER BLVD, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 2/15/2023

 

PERCHED TURKEY VULTURE, CELERY FIELDS, PALMER BLVD, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 2/15/2023