This spring, I got to travel to North Carolina and various places around Florida. Naturally, I took lots of photos. Over the next few weeks, I plan on publishing several posts (either here or over on Happier.Place) dedicated to specific locations, e.g., Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
![Pinkster Flower (North Carolina)](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_19-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_19-150x100@2x.jpg 300w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_19-150x100.jpg 150w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_19-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_19-400x267.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_19-600x400.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_19.jpg 1920w)
But for now, here is a collection of photos featuring spring blooms and baby birds, or teen birds, if you will. Officially, spring isn’t over – but in Florida it already feels like summer and “they grow up so fast”. So I don’t really expect to take any more photos of springtime wildflowers or baby birds. Except that I’m hoping to still get everything aligned just right to get better photos of younger pelican chicks (vs. the tweens I’m featuring in this post).
Because nature doesn’t always stick to the “calendar season,” I’m also including a photo of almond blossoms that I took during a trip to Germany in early March, officially still winter.
For more photos and to purchase prints (or photo-adorned items), please visit the Spring Blooms and Chicks gallery on the LuciWest photography site.
![Moorhen chicks looking for their parents (Largo, Florida)](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_01.jpg 960w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_01-150x100@2x.jpg 300w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_01-150x100.jpg 150w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_01-400x267.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_01-600x400.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_01-90x60.jpg 90w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_01-135x90.jpg 135w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_01@2x.jpg 1920w)
![Moorhen speeding across the lake to the chicks](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_02-150x100@2x.jpg 300w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_02-150x100.jpg 150w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_02-400x267.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_02-600x400.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_02.jpg 1920w)
![Moorhen catch-up and feeding time](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_03-150x100@2x.jpg 300w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_03-150x100.jpg 150w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_03-400x267.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_03-600x400.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_03.jpg 1920w)
![Azure Bluet aka Quaker Ladies (North Carolina)](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_28-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_28-100x150@2x.jpg 200w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_28-100x150.jpg 100w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_28-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_28-400x600.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_28-600x900.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_28.jpg 1280w)
![Mountain Laurel aka Spoonbush getting ready to open (North Carolina)](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_30-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_30-100x150@2x.jpg 200w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_30-100x150.jpg 100w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_30-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_30-400x600.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_30-600x900.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_30.jpg 1280w)
![Not the blossoms, but the very poisonous seeds of the Rosary Pea (aka Jequirity Bean) found in spring (Honeymoon Island, Florida)](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_12-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_12-150x100@2x.jpg 300w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_12-150x100.jpg 150w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_12-400x267.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_12-600x400.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_12.jpg 1920w)
![Red Silk Cottontree (that huge, super cool tree in front of the Fine Art Museum in St. Pete, Florida)](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_10-150x100@2x.jpg 300w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_10-150x100.jpg 150w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_10-400x267.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_10-600x400.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_10.jpg 1920w)
![Weeping Bottlebrush (Largo, Florida)](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_07-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_07-150x100@2x.jpg 300w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_07-150x100.jpg 150w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_07-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_07-400x267.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_07-600x400.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_07.jpg 1920w)
![Great Horned Owl Chick (Honeymoon Island, Florida)](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_14-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_14-150x100@2x.jpg 300w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_14-150x100.jpg 150w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_14-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_14-400x266.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_14-600x400.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_14.jpg 1920w)
![Stop looking at me!!! (same owl, a week or so younger)](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_11-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_11-150x100@2x.jpg 300w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_11-150x100.jpg 150w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_11-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_11-400x267.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_11-600x400.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_11.jpg 1920w)
![Flowering Dogwood (North Carolina)](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_26-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_26-100x150@2x.jpg 200w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_26-100x150.jpg 100w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_26-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_26-400x600.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_26-600x900.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_26.jpg 1280w)
![Limpkin aka Cry Bird eating Apple Snail (Gainesville, Florida)](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_21-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_21-150x100@2x.jpg 300w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_21-150x100.jpg 150w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_21-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_21-400x267.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_21-600x400.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_21.jpg 1920w)
![Mmmm snail innards! Limpkin parent feeding its chick an Apple Snail](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_33-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_33-100x150@2x.jpg 200w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_33-100x150.jpg 100w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_33-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_33-400x600.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_33-600x900.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_33.jpg 1280w)
![Two Limpkin aka Crying Bird chicks are, of course, Cry Babies](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_20-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_20-150x100@2x.jpg 300w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_20-150x100.jpg 150w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_20-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_20-400x267.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_20-600x400.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_20.jpg 1920w)
![Let's just call it as we see it: the Yoda Plant (North Carolina)](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_29-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_29-100x150@2x.jpg 200w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_29-100x150.jpg 100w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_29-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_29-400x600.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_29-600x900.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_29.jpg 1280w)
![Whitetop Sedge aka Starrush Whitetop (Paynes Prairie, Florida)](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_31-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_31-100x150@2x.jpg 200w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_31-100x150.jpg 100w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_31-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_31-400x600.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_31-600x900.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_31.jpg 1280w)
![Bee on a Spiderwort (Gainesville, Florida)](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_34-682x1024.jpg 682w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_34-100x150@2x.jpg 200w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_34-100x150.jpg 100w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_34-1023x1536.jpg 1023w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_34-400x600.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_34-600x901.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_34.jpg 1279w)
![They grow up so fast! Bald Eagle and scruffy-looking chick (Florida)](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_13-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_13-150x100@2x.jpg 300w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_13-150x100.jpg 150w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_13-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_13-400x267.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_13-600x400.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_13.jpg 1920w)
![Pink almond blossom in Haselau (Germany)](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_42-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_42-150x100@2x.jpg 300w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_42-150x100.jpg 150w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_42-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_42-400x267.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_42-600x400.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_42.jpg 1920w)
![Water Hyacinth taking over a lake (Largo, Florida)](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_06-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_06-150x100@2x.jpg 300w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_06-150x100.jpg 150w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_06-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_06-400x267.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_06-600x400.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_06.jpg 1920w)
![Put a bird on it: Great White Egret landing in field of Water Hyacinths](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_05-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_05-150x100@2x.jpg 300w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_05-150x100.jpg 150w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_05-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_05-400x267.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_05-600x400.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_05.jpg 1920w)
![Water Hyacinth - so pretty, but so invasive in Florida.](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_32-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_32-100x150@2x.jpg 200w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_32-100x150.jpg 100w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_32-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_32-400x600.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_32-600x900.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_32.jpg 1280w)
![Powderpuff Mimosa (Gainesville, Florida)](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_35-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_35-100x150@2x.jpg 200w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_35-100x150.jpg 100w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_35-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_35-400x600.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_35-600x900.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_35.jpg 1280w)
![Baby pelicans in a tree! (Belleair Beach, Florida)](https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_40-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_40-150x100@2x.jpg 300w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_40-150x100.jpg 150w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_40-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_40-400x267.jpg 400w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_40-600x400.jpg 600w, https://luciwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PHO010_SpringBloomsChicks_LuciWest_40.jpg 1920w)
Actually, these aren’t little babies anymore, which have even shorter beaks and fluffier white feathers. But the waterproof camera gave out before I could get to the other side of the island with the younger chicks. And since then the pump for my paddle board broke. Hoping new pump arrives and camera works better before they are all grown. Might just add more photos to this post if I get them.
If you want to see even more spring flower and bird photos, you can find those in the Spring Blooms and Chicks album on Flickr.