Friday, March 26, 2010

Happy Spring...Happy Birds!

Spring has arrived on Amelia Island! We've been having beautiful weather! The birds seem to be enjoying it as well as us. These woodstorks were snoozing by the pond at Egret airport. The ibis in the background are enjoying the pond and in the back there's my favorite bird...
the Roseate Spoonbill! These birds go further south in December, and we are so glad that they are finally back!
A property owner came by and told us about a great horned owl nest...so of course we had to go check it out! Sure enough, up high in a pine tree along the golf course, was a nest with two baby owls! Too far up to get a good photo, but this one by Dave Furseth is what it looked like. Talk about a big baby, and adorable,too! We look forward to monitoring the progress of this owl family on our Birds of Amelia tours.






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