November Field Trip

On Friday we joined our Home School group for a field trip to the National Audubon Society's Birds of Prey Center here in central Florida. This trip was highly anticipated by my two boys...and I admit I was excited too. My boys were so excited to see a real, live Bald Eagle...and here you can see him too. This is Francis (they call him Frank for short) with Mr. White (our tour guide). Most birds that come to the center are not seen by the public and they do their best to prevent imprinting (if you don't know what imprinting is, I encourage you to google it!). So, Frank and his girlfriend Paige (seen below with the boys) are their "show" eagles!

We also saw all kinds of other raptors...ospreys, kites, hawks, owls and even vultures (though not technically a bird of prey!). The bottom picture is of half of our group learning about the kites.

Surprisingly, Florida is the third most heavily populated state for Bald Eagles (the first being Alaska and the second being Wisconsin).

The boys and Adele really enjoyed seeing the owls, too.