Feb. 16, 2016 continued: Flamingo Gardens 

When I was leaving Tree Tops Park, I knew I had to be pretty close to Flamingo Gardens, so I googled it on my phone and sure enough it was only about 4 miles away.  Had to run by there and use my free reciprocal membership again.
First to greet me was this Haliconia

 I took the path to the tram

 passed some orchids growing in a tree

 The tram wasn't back yet, so I checked out the Florida panther.  Looks like a cougar to me.

 another pretty butterfly I hadn't seen before.

 This guy didn't seem to happy to see me.

So I went and hung out by the Flamingo pond until the tram appeared.

 A male peacock was trying to impress a peahen, but I don't think she was too impressed.

 I was, though!

 one of the many ibises there.

 more of them

 and flamingos

When the tram arrived, I went to see if it was going out again.  It did, with just me on it.  I enjoyed my personal tour.  There were lots of grounds keepers out picking up branches.  Apparently the storms that went by earlier knocked a lot of limbs down.

 an Egyptian Goose

 the  original land owner's house

 a peacock strutting down the lane

 one of the many broken branches

 I believe she said these were persimmon flowers

A swan that made the pond here it's home.

 more foliage.

Then I had time to run to the aviary for a little bit.
a little Screech Owl in the cages before the aviary

 in the aviary

 nesting pelicans?

 bird bath

 king fisher

 an angry duck

 a happy duck

 a wood duck

 Bald Eagle in another cage.

and the old big cluster fig (or something like that) along the route to the exit.