So many baby ducks

Posted on May 31, 2022 by dinajohnston

Bees took over this owl nest box at Largo Nature Preserve. That’s a lot of bees! I don’t think they’ll stay there forever. I think they eventually move on but will they leave a mess behind?

Nanday parakeets high up in a tree. Maybe they are looking for a place to nest?

A young spoonbill taking a break from feeding along the channel.

It’s hard to believe it’s already the end of May. These were taken in mid-April and were the first baby moorhens I’ve seen this year. You know summer is here when the ponds fill up with these babies.

The ponds are full of water hyacinth.

The baby mallards are just too cute to not stop and take a ton of pictures.

Pretty things in early April

Posted on May 18, 2020 by dinajohnston

Blooming things at the Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo.

Critters at the gardens.

Baby moorhens are popping up everywhere now.

Yes, the botanical gardens were open during the “Stay At Home” phase. Lucky for me most people must have thought they were closed because there was only a few other people there. Lots of space to move around in.

Watching some wild parrots.

Posted on October 13, 2018 by dinajohnston

As I was walking around the Largo Botanical Gardens thinking it was a slow quiet morning with not much to take pictures of, a flock of black hooded parakeets flew into the trees right over my head. They ignored me as I watched them preening and flirting. After a few minutes, they took off. That was the highlight of the morning.

Not much else at the gardens. I caught an anhinga sticking his head out of the water and the usual titmouse up in the tree.

Still lots of baby moorhens in July.

Same ole thing

Posted on September 24, 2018 by dinajohnston

The usual birds at Largo Nature Preserve.

A young osprey looking down from the nest.

A few of the tiny critters (not much else out in the heat in August).

Bunnies are everywhere.

And so are baby moorhens.

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Lots of babies at Carillon Park.

Posted on August 4, 2018 by dinajohnston

Two very young green herons were waiting for mom to come back with food. They were standing on the boardwalk rail. As soon as they saw mom come into the bushes they hopped back on the branches and headed deep in the bush to get fed.

A common moorhen family. There were at least 6 families along the ponds.

Young grackles and their parents were along the boardwalk.

The usual birds along the boardwalk, a blue jay, an osprey eating a fish on top of one of the office buildings and one of the many anhingas.

A walk around Carillon Park after work in early May.

Baby aliens have taken over the planet

Posted on May 15, 2018 by dinajohnston

My first alien sighting of the season. These are common moorhen babies. They are the funniest looking babies of all of the ducks and are pretty common around here. Moorhens have babies starting in early spring and all through the summer so I will see them everywhere but they are so funny looking that it makes them cute. From those little wings sticking out to their bald red heads, they have a lot of personality for such a tiny thing.

Linking to Wednesday Around the World,

A walk after work

Posted on June 24, 2017 by dinajohnston

I saw this lone spoonbill at the office park lake near my work. I noticed that his eye looked a little funny and he was banded. It seemed okay, just sleepy.

Not sure what these baby mallards were trying to eat. Just like a baby, everything goes in the mouth.

A moorhen Mom with a few new babies.

Some very young grackles waiting for Mom to come back with food.

A male grackle shining in the sun.

Chesnut Park in September

Posted on October 8, 2016 by dinajohnston

The little titmouse are so cute. They are very curious.

The titmouse was watching the yellow throated warbler going by.

A very young red bellied woodpecker. He hasn’t got his red feathers on his head yet.

A lady cardinal with a snack.

Camouflage at it’s best. There’s a little green heron in the middle of the picture. You can barely see him hiding in the reeds near the water.

A late moorhen family hanging around the dock.

A shadow hanging upside down.

A few birds at Chesnut Park in mid-September.

Linking to Saturday’s Critters

The usual stuff at Chesnut Park.

Posted on July 25, 2016 by dinajohnston

A very young titmouse. His beak isn’t fully developed and he does not have that touch of peach color on him yet.

Baby moorhens were near the dock with Mom.

The usual deer near my parking spot in the back of the park.

A red bellied woodpecker looking around.

A small gator under the dock.

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Almost grown babies at Circle B Bar Reserve

Posted on July 29, 2015 by dinajohnston

Baby moorhens at different ages. All born this spring.

A juvenile green heron across the marsh. He still had the baby white fuzz on his head and tail. He was unsteady walking around on that branch.

Daddy cardinal was feeding his baby a chewed on green caterpillar. Yum!

A few of the babies at Circle B Bar Reserve in late June. My last trip for the summer was a hot one. I didn’t see as many babies as I had hoped. I was a little late for the early spring babies. Baby hawks and sandhill cranes were already grown up and gone. The above were still good to stumble upon.

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