Red-legged Honeycreeper - Forrest Rowland
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Eagle Lakes Community Park
Collier, Florida, United States
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Map Coordinates: 26.0773686, -81.7141414
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Observation details

Amazing male in molt; greenish body feathering w mottled dark/purplish-black plumage interspersed; thin decurved bill; red legs; WOW!!!! First view 150 feet away through Swarovski scope in open on top of cypress. Second view 30 feet with Zeiss 10x42 on top of cypress. Yellow in flight feathers very bright and obvious in flight! Other Birder’s got good pics. **UPDATE** there might be two individuals. Cannot confirm. Upon searching to refind the bird after initial sighting, subsequently, we (the group of now 6…up from 3…birders) got great views and pics of an individual looked to be a very run of the mill female plumaged bird on two occasions, and one more brief visual of what looked like the original bird in molt. So, probably two but only one was in view at any given time so erring with caution.

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