Friday January 15th
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| Mangled lighting |
Today we experienced severe weather including continuing tornado warnings. Just last Saturday residents of Cape Coral experienced a touch down of an EF-2 Tornado. More than two hundred homes were damaged and the baseball fields on Pelican Boulevard were damaged as well.
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| Some of the damage at the Baseball Fields |
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| Monk Parakeet at Pelican Boulevard Ball Fields |
The ballfield was also home to a colony of nesting Monk Parakeets and several Burrowing Owls. On Monday I ventured into the area to conduct a birding survey of the Cape.
The stop at a ballfield revealed damage to trees, fencing and the lighting structures. As for the birds I only spotted a single parakeet and no owls.
Next headed to the Festival Park area (still undeveloped) at the interestion of Kismet and Chiquita. Finally spotted a Burrowing Owl, Eastern Meadowlarks, Loggerhead Shrikes, Kestrel, and several Florida Scrub Jays.
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| The Monk Parakeet making adjustments to a surviving nest |
More Birds of Cape Coral
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| Burrowing Owl at Festival Park |
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| Eastern Meadowlark |
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| Florida Scrub Jay |
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