It was late May in the woods in the park near my house. Early in the morning I found a barred owl sleeping on a tree close to the boardwalk. You couldn’t miss her. I snapped a quick shot and kept going.
As I got a little farther a young one was sitting on a tree, also close to the boardwalk. The baby was busy preening but stopped for a second and stared at me.
I made my way to the end of the boardwalk and turned around. When I was coming back the parent owl was just waking up. Again, I snapped a quick shot and kept going since people were starting to crowd up on the boardwalk and get pictures with their phones.
Deep in the reeds along the lake a juvenile grackle was begging for Mom to feed her.
I found one of the frogs again.
As I was watching the frog a few birds went by including the tricolored heron in the first shots and the limpkin in the last shot. I was hoping they didn’t get the frog.
A juvenile limpkin was getting a snail snack from Mom.
Mom fed this young one several times. The baby looks like Mom but is much smaller. They eat a lot of apple snails that grow in abundance here.
An osprey flies by with a fish.
The summer rains hadn’t started and the swamp area was dried up. There is usually a pond here.
Baby owls are so adorable!!
Oh, I really enjoyed your blog so much! The little owls are just adorable. I especially love their eyes, the way they look around — I know they’re not really cuddly, but their expression makes them seem so sweet to me. I read your whole post and found everything beautiful, but those owls… they deserve so many stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!
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Lovely shots of the owl and the other critters!
It is awesome to see the family of owls and the Limpkins. Great collection of birds and photos. Thank you for linking up and sharing your critter post. Take care, have a great weekend.
Beautiful owl shots. The osprey in-flight shot is awesome.
What a fantastic capture of the owl!!!!!!!