Eagles in the Wild

Next we drove to a place called Three Lakes. Another small campground but these people were roughing it – no power, no water, no nothing. We got the most ridiculous directions… over a culvert and look for a big pine tree in the middle of a big field – you can’t miss it. Yeah right. Down another rough dusty road for what seemed like 5 miles at least when suddenly Victor spotted an eagle flying so we followed it. If not for that we never would have found the right place. There was a female guarding a nest and the male was guarding everything. Victor walked across the field and got close enough for pictures but still a long ways away because the male started circling around as if to say back off. Of all days I had on sandals and the terrain was too rough for me.

Osceola Turkey

Wild turkeys unique to the county of Osceola, Florida. Notice the “beard” which tells you it is an older one. We heard of a place called Joe Overstreet where supposedly there were “tons” of eagles. It wasn’t a nature trail at all. It was a small campground and a place to take a tour on airboats but reservations required and it was too late in the day. No eagles in sight so we drove back down the long and dusty road and did see some sandhill cranes and these turkeys as well as lots and lots of cattle.