This morning I got up early and rode my bike along Kings Highway down by the ponds.
The ponds were busy with all sorts birds looking for breakfast. What was really neat to watch were the Moorhens in the ponds leading their babies around as they searched for tasty morsels. As I approached on my bike the mothers bleated out a warning and all the babies scrambled for the bulrushes! Some pretty yellow flowers greeted me as I rode by.
I usually am the cashier for a small thrift store and food pantry on Sunday mornings. There is a retired Brazilian couple who help also in the thrift store. Every once in awhile I come across such interesting lovely people and this couple is one of them. The lady of this couple has such a beautiful singing voice. As we worked last Sunday she told me an experience that she had lately.
Her grandchildren had spent the summer with she and her husband. A week ago they took them to the airport in Tampa to fly them back home. They parked their car at the Tampa airport as they took their grandchildren to the right terminal. They forgot to write down the section where they had parked their car. Now if you have ever flown from the Tampa airport and left your car there you can know how confusing it might be if you don't write down exactly where you left your car. At the airport there must be at least 4 named sections for parking your car...and there are at least 3 or 4 levels in each section. So when the couple came back to drive home they realized they didn't remember where they had parked their car. They went to each section and walked up and down rows looking and looking for their car. The just couldn't find it. And didn't really know what to do.
Then a young lady who had been observing them, approached them and asked them if they were looking for their car. They acknowledged that they were searching for their car. The lady told them she would help them. So she took them in her car and drove up and down the rows of "zillions" of parked cars. Finally after another hour they found their car. This Brazilian couple were so thankful that this lady, a stranger, had helped them and wanted to thank her. They didn't have much money on them, but then the Brazilian lady thought of something she could do to thank this lady for helping them. So she told the lady to just wait a few minutes, as she was going to do something special to thank her. Then the Brazilian lady started to sing and sang a beautiful song to this young lady who was a stranger to them but had given of her time to help them !! The lady that helped them was thrilled with the song. They hugged each other good-by and went on their way. Isn't it amazing how perfect strangers can make your day!
I love Burrowing Owls. I think they are very unique. I first saw them in PGI, (Punta Gorda Isles). On one of the roads, there was a golf course, and on the edge of the golf course a pair of burrowing owls had a nest. The nest was surrounded by the usual orange tape. I knew better than to get too close...so I kept my distance. All of a sudden a baby popped out of the nest in the ground...then another and another until 10 babies had actually surfaced !! By then I was flat on the ground at quite a distance from them. I was simply amazed as I watched them. They drove their parents crazy. The babies scattered all over the place. The poor parents just couldn't keep up with them. The babies were trying out their wings by jumping up in the air and fluttering down. It was enchanting to watch them. One baby spied me and hurried on over. Of course I was thrilled! Here I am flat on my stomach taking picture after picture. I could hardly breathe as the baby approached me. He stood right in front of my camera and stared at my camera. I know the baby must have been wondering what this object was. He tilted his head as if trying to figure it all out.
Thus I fell in love with Burrowing Owls!!
This past Spring I was in Cape Coral to see the Burrowing Owls there. This one particular nest had 6 babies. One baby was quite smaller then the other. The mother brought out of the nest a dead frog that she had hidden in the sand in the nest. She found the runt and began to feed him first.
Then she brought out a dead frog for each baby. I really enjoyed watching her feed them.
Have a good week. Look for someone that you can help this week!
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