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Hoo’s there?

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The barred owls have been hanging out in the same tree for weeks now. This is my 2nd trip out to Circle B Bar Reserve in February and they were still there. One has been hiding in the moss high up in the tree. While I was taking a picture, I saw movement behind the owl and realized another owl landed on the next branch. The tree is right at a very busy intersection at the park near the parking lot. Little did I (or most anyone else) know at this time that they had a nest tucked in there somewhere. Weeks later, tiny baby owls showed up. More on those later.

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When I first got to the park, I stopped by the baby great horned owls but they were still pretty sleepy. It was cold that morning so they were all fluffed up and down low in the tree. I headed out to the trails instead of standing around with the crowd to wait for them to wake up.

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Later, before heading home for lunch, I stopped by the baby owls again.  This time they were awake and very curious. At times they would check out what was going on below and other times they seemed bored and yawned. I snapped a handful of pictures and then took off. Time for lunch.

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Big eyed babies staring out

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Deep in the woods at Fort Desoto, the trail was closed. It wasn’t hard to find.Walk until you find the “Do Not Enter” sign and the trees wrapped with orange tape cutting off the trail. Down the trail you can see them if you zoom in your camera. Two great horned owl babies sitting on top of a dead palm tree. On the morning I stopped by it was a little chilly. The first two pictures the babies were huddled together and sleepy. I headed out to the beach for a while and then stopped by quickly before I left. It had warmed up and the babies were awake and looking around. One of the parents was sitting high up in a tree near the nest and the babies kept looking up at it. They have such expressive faces. They weren’t doing anything but looking. By now they are all grown up and flying.

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