I’ve come to love photographing owls in Florida, especially since there are five different year-round species to choose from.
So far I have photographed four of the five: Barred Owl, Burrowing Owl, Eastern Screech-Owl and Great Horned Owl. Still missing from my catalog is the American Barn Owl.
Over the past several weeks, I photographed some Barred Owls at Orlando Wetlands, a Burrowing Owl in Osceola County and a red-morph Eastern Screech-Owl on Merritt Island. (I also photographed a Great Horned Owl at MI, but I wasn’t happy with the results).
So, here are some of my recent Florida owl photos:
Barred Owl, Orlando Wetlands, May 2026.Juvenile Barred Owl, Orlando Wetlands, April 2026.Juvenile Barred Owl, Orlando Wetlands, April 2026.Barred Owl, Orlando Wetlands, April 2026.Barred Owl, Orlando Wetlands, April 2026.Barred Owl, Orlando Wetlands, April 2026.Barred Owl, Orlando Wetlands, April 2026.Burrowing Owl, Osceola County, May 2026.Burrowing Owl, Osceola County, May 2026.Burrowing Owl, Osceola County, May 2026.Eastern Screech-Owl (red morph), Merritt Island, National Wildlife Refuge, April 2026.Eastern Screech-Owl (red morph), Merritt Island, National Wildlife Refuge, April 2026.Eastern Screech-Owl (red morph), Merritt Island, National Wildlife Refuge, April 2026.Eastern Screech-Owl (red morph), Merritt Island, National Wildlife Refuge, April 2026.
I decided to visit the Hal Scott Regional Preserve and Park to look for endangered Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers. I didn’t find any, but did come across some other cool birds.
There have been flamingos in the Indian River before, but it is pretty rare. I got up very early on a Saturday morning to try to get some pictures of them.
