The area occupied by Circle B Bar Reserve was once a cattle farm. It was purchased through an environmental lands acquisition referendum and the land is now home to many birds and other wildlife. Once I had spotted the Roseate Spoonbills the bird that would have been at the top of my list to see after that would have been owls. Except I saw these Barred owls before I saw the spoonbills. Where to see them was pointed out to me as soon as I got there, and I knew that at least one of my wishes for the day had come true already. 
But in addition we have the Anhinga, one of which passed though my backyard today, stopping for a moment on the post usually occupied by the little blue heron… 
The Limpkin, which I’m told eats apple snails…
The Red-sholdered Hawk, another of my backyard visitors …
The Green Heron, another new bird to me…
The Great Egret, not an uncommon bird to see but always so pretty…
As you can see, it was a great day. I’ll be heading back again, but I’ll be happy to go when it’s a little warmer than Saturday was. It warmed up nicely though, but not until it was time for me to leave.
More from Circle B…
You are becoming quite the ornithologist
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Don’t forget I have Merlin in my back pocket all the time. He keeps me from embarrassing myself. The other day I saw a Downey woodpecker, I thought, but someone else said it was a Yellow bellied sap sucker. I think I was right, LOL.
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Wow! Those Barred Owls are beautiful! You have a great gallery there Sue. Good work. 🙂
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Well thanks H.J. I’ve been shooting in RAW and then struggling with Lightroom for editing. (I had had Photoshop down pat, at least for what I do with it.) But those owls were in the shadows and I was totally thrilled with what could be done with them, so I’m a believer now. So I suppose I’ll have to keep on struggling until I get it.
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Your doing right Sue, just need a bit more practice with Lightroom. I use it too and PS because is more complete. I do use RAW because it has the great potential to preserve all info of the image generated by the camera giving a chance to correct whatever went wrong. If you have any questions be free to ask me.
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I love these birds. They are adorable.
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Thank you, I confess that I’ll have to look up which post this was after I finish mowing the yard and can check the computer. But I always appreciate a kind word!
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