FLORIDA LIZARDS

We love watching the lizards that frolic around P2. You can hardly look around without seeing one or two darting into a hiding place. 

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

We found this ancient mummy thingy at Lou's Blues, that's my favorite human next to it :-)

A pair of ducks walking along the beach at P2 on Thanksgiving 2015 made the day memorable.

THANKSGIVING RACCOONS

Besides the birds that visited us over Thanksgiving we had several night-time critters stop by, they were all happy.

THANKSGIVING 2015 BIRDS

We had several beautiful birds visit us over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. This was our 8th Thanksgiving not eating birds, this year we took pictures of them.

The view of P2 from a mini bike ride

Mark captured the beauty of riding around the park on a mini bike - from his view and from my view when we're riding together!

Start the bottom one first and immediately start the top one, and they will be synchronized.

Raccoons are VERY smart

This night video of a raccoon trying to get a ham bone says it all.  Not our video, but we would really love to see this behavior.  Note how he uses his feet to hold on and LETS GO of his hands.  Wow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXQCow6FLHk

MINI BIKE RIDE AROUND P2

Here's the first GoPro video of riding around P2 on mini bike.

NAPPY TIME FOR IBIS

These shy little birds add a sense of magic to P2, it's a great feeling to know a little bird can take a nap in the middle of the day and feel safe.

SQUIRRELS OF P2

The squirrels run and jump and play all day here at P2, not a care in the world. But watch out for "Kung Foo Squirrel", he will kick your butt!

TURTLES OF P2

We have lots of turtles at P2, they come out when there are no humans around, gee I wonder why they don't trust us.

SIGMA 150-600mm SUPER TELEPHOTO ZOOM LENS

This picture was taken with the iPhone 6+, it gives you an idea what it's like using this zoom lens handheld, it's a beast.

BATHING AND GROOMING IBIS

We love watching these shy and gentle little birds bathing and grooming.

TRICOLOR HERON

We call him HERO because of his unique fishing style.

NEW CAMERA AT P2

After months of research I finally decided on a new camera to help us take pictures of all the wonderful animals at P2. 

The new Canon EOS 5D MkIII landed here last Thursday and it's already clicked off hundreds of new photos. 

This week the new 600mm zoom lens arrives.

RACCOON SAYING HIS PRAYERS

RACCOON COMEDY CLUB

One of his friends just told a really funny joke

EVERYBODY, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER!

Put those hands together PEOPLE!

RELAXED RACCOON

Could he be more comfortable?

HAPPY RACCOON

We have the happiest raccoons in the world at P2. They play and frolic all night and sleep all day (just like some musician friends of ours).

GREAT BLUE HERON (we call him Huey)

This guy is over four feet tall and hunts for his dinner at night.

BEAUTIFUL WHITE IBIS

We are blessed to have 50 to 100 or more of these beautiful little birds visiting P2 everyday.

A CUTE LITTLE IBIS VISITING P2

This is a very young ibis since it's not finished turning all-white. Compared to others it has the smaller body size so she's female. Great feet.

CARTMAN THE SOUTHPARK RACCOON

This plump little Raccoon reminds me of Eric Cartman from Southpark from the way he sits like such a fat and happy little guy.

EXHAUSTED RACCOON

We have some of the funniest raccoons in all of Florida. They frolic and roll around so hard that occasionally they just get exhausted, like this little guy, he is wore out.

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY

It was another gorgeous day here in Melbourne, Florida, high of 78 degrees, sunny blue skies and puffy white clouds. Perfection itself!

DUCKS, HERONS AND IBIS

It's all in a days nomming here at P2, everyone tries to get along and enjoy the beautiful surroundings on a gorgeous Sunday morning.

BABY HUEY THE GIANT BLUE HERON

At over 48" tall it's easy to spot Baby Huey, the big blue heron, hanging around on the side lines with a Florida Mottled duck.

Huey is usually here fishing at night. We are always glad to see him during the daylight, he has quite beautiful fluffy-feathers and his size makes him an instant standout and a star among herons and egrets at P2.

MARY BUYS A UTV

Today P2 got a new piece of maintenance equipment, it's an American Sportworks 4-wheel drive UTV, made in America, with optional roof.

VERY SCAREY

I was about to take a picture but they saw me, got scared and took off. This is what I got for my picture, chaos lol!

BABY HUEY IS HUGE

Huey is a giant blue heron standing over four-feet tall, he is so big you can see him from clear across the pond.

MEET "FOREST" A SMART LITTLE IBIS

It is fun watching animals learn, Forest quickly learned if he hangs out near my window I will eventually take pity on him and throw him some bread.

This week we are serving some whole wheat bread and the Peafowl don't seem to like it but the Ibis love it.

I break a single slice into four pieces and throw it out the window. The Ibis very quickly run for the treat but Forest is the quickest and the closest, he grabs a piece and then takes off running trying to keep his score away from the rest of the gang who are nearby.

Forest is a juvenile Ibis, he still has slight gray markings which indicates he is very young. Soon he will lose his gray markings and will just be a white Ibis. It will be fun to see if I can still recognize him when he's older.