Kapock Park~Clearwater, Florida~Owlets

Howdee all,

Yesterday Jeff and I met up with my Twitter/facebook friend Annette and her hubby Jerry. They took us to a local taco restaurant and then to see some owlets.

 

Kapock Park

Boardwalk to the tall Oak trees where the Owlets were

Looking east toward the housing development..

A very nice park~built to help control flooding in the area.

Looking west over the bridge

I think this is some kind of Bird of paradise plant..

Close up of the purplish flower

Ahh..here we go

Great horned owlets

There were a few photographers already in the area. 

The Owlets were given plenty of room.

I took these two photos with my canon SX1

The one on the left is younger

The next photos digiscoped by Jeff with his Canon powershot

We didn’t take photos of mom and dad~they were nearby

Mom was in the same tree~dad in the next tree over.

Zoomed in with scope and camera

The owlet on the right has more developed feathers..

We had great fun watching these two fluff balls!

Thanks Annette and Jerry!

Annette and Jerry left ~Jeff and I continued to walk the park.

A group of White Ibis in the middle of this photo under the small trees.

Must be nice to live in one of the houses near this very pretty park.

Digiscoped photo of Limpkin

Little Blue Heron working the weeds

Tri-colored heron preening

Little Blue Heron preening

Great Egret eating  some sort of crustacean

It was a nice afternoon at this small neighborhood park.

Jeff and I are in the area until Saturday~we then head south toward Sanibel where we will be for another week.