Tricky to shoot through the mesh. Their aviary keeps the owls from harm and resticts flying as they recuperate. There are about a dozen Barred Owls in a separate area. There were a number of Eastern Screech Owls in their own cage. The pelicans have a large fenced in area which keeps people out.
Pelicans can fly in whenever they want to.
Note them in the tree tops. Pelicans perched in the tree tops. Also shown in the previous picture above. This beautiful Northern Gannet was in the same pelican area. A gull-like bird wintering a little late in Florida from the north Atlantic coast.