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Old 01-01-2011, 03:32 PM
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One swooped down to pick up some road kill on O'Dell by the Duval Pool right in front of me as I was driving. I stopped the car just to admire the eagle as this was the first time I have ever seen one in the wild.

About a week later I was talking with a gentleman on 466a about the gator in the pond across the street and an eagle flew right over our heads. It flew south of 466a into the new construction area. Another great sight.

I was also told that the eagles that were once in the preserve have not come back after the hurricane a few years back. Not sure if that is true or not.
That may be true. Shortly after we moved here, we saw an eagle flying east to west along Odell between Morse and Canal. After the tornado, I remember they rescued one of the eagles that had been injured, nursed it back to health and released it back to the preserve. But I've not seen an eagle there or around there since the tornado.