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April 9, 2024 Memory Bricks

Our most recent order of memory bricks have arrived and will be installed in the pool area by the originals..

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April 8, 2024 Eclipse of the sun 

View over Parkwood

View up north in the dark zone

March and April 2024

Black Bellied Whistling Ducks

Youngsters

Back pond friend?  
Photo courtesy - Bernadine S.

Apr 6
Mom and babe

Apr 6
Opossum

March 18 Sunrise

March 21 Sunset

March 3 Green Heron

Black Vulture (normally only seen soaring)

Black Vulture

Black Vulture

Did we lose someone?

March 27, 2024

Parkwood experienced a very heavy downpour which nearly turned the streets into rivers.

Oct 2023 - Jan 2024

Moorhen 

Moorhen

Little Blue Heron

Sept 1, 2023 Park Improvements

April 26, 2023   New Home on Lot 152

April 2023 Nearby Wildlife

Alligator in pond behind park

Little Blue Heron - molting from white to blue

Little Blue Heron
in full adult color

Baby Alligator behind park

This Yellow Crowned Night Heron as seen in the pond just north of Parkwood Estates on March 26, 2023.

March 2023

Many of our residents live in the northern states or Canada.  The northern lights below were seen in northern Wisconsin the evening of 3-22-2023.  Such a display is rarely or never seen in Florida. 

January-March  2023 Local Visitors

May 8, 2022 SPACEX Launch

Before sunrise, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched 53 internet satellites from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  Even from Parkwood Estates, it created a dazzling effect in the sky, which has been termed a "space jellyfish."  The sunlight reflected off the exhaust plume, creating the halo effect. and showed them to the world.

Roseate Spoonbill (Jan 2022)

Rosette Spoonbill     

Ibis and Rosette Spoonbill

Rosette Spoonbill

Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Nanday Conures (Parrots)

Full Rainbow (Dec 22, 2021)

This full 180 degree rainbow appeared over Parkwood Estates early morning a few days before Christmas.  The view is looking to the west/northwest from Second Street.

Peacocks (6 male 3 female April 2020)

These beautiful creatures visit us 
when we least expect it. 

01-05-2020  Blackhooded Nanday Parakeets

   1-23-19  Wall Spring Park Dunnedin

Anhinga

Young Ibises

Great Blue Heron

Ibises

02-21-18   Alligator at Kapok Park
01-19-19    Young Red Shouldered Hawk in Parkwood
11-13-18     Cormorants at pond behind Parkwood
04-13-19   Soft Spiney Shell Turtle
01-20-19   Blood Moon at Eclipse
09-24-18  Wood Storks in Glen Ellyn yard

April 2018 within Parkwood

"George"
always begging

"double click" on me ------
Peacock up close and personal

 

Cormorant nearby

Hurricane IRMA Sept 9-10, 2017

On the weekend of September 9-10, 2017, Hurricane IRMA struck the Clearwater/Tampa area with 6-10 inches of rain, 100+ MPH winds, and a 4–10-foot storm surge.

Parkwood Estates fared very well with little serious damage. Three homes had roof/carport damage and two homes had palm trees fall on them. We had trees across streets and various debris scattered throughout the park and little other known damage. We were all blessed.

The link below is a video taken by a drone above the park showing damages.

https://youtu.be/kaFoqTPbET8

Photos below were taken shortly after the storm.

March 2016     Safety Harbor Pier

Manatee

  Manatees

September and October 2015

Removal of old home and installation of Ed and Linda's new house

Aug 2015  First New Home in Many Years

May 2015 Pool Area Upgrade

Mar 1, 2014 Parkwood Scenes

Feb 28, 2014 Wildlife and Flowers
in or near Parkwood

Young Hawk

Great Blue Heron

Nanday Parakeet

Ibis

Great White Heron

Woodpecker

Mallard

Alligator

Wood Stork

Lizard

Pelican

Turtle

Yellow Rose of Parkwood

Hibiscus

Feb 10, 2014  Views of our Community

Our Street Entrance and exit

Our Entrance Sign in 2014

Clubhouse view from entrance

Clubhouse view from 2nd Street

Poolside

Shuffleboard Courts

Shuffleboard Courts

1st Street looking north

2nd Street looking north

3rd Street looking north

1st Street on north end looking east

Another view from
Gulf To Bay Blvd