Teddy Roosevelt was interested in almost everything and perhaps his greatest interest was birds. Florida was of particular importance to him and the first designated bird sanctuary was due to him. Not only did he love birding but he was attempting to stop the slaughter by the plume hunters who were supplying the fashion trade.Yesterday we thanked TR. On an island, near the mouth of the Withlacoochie River we saw a bald eagle ("dandified buzzard" Brian Keith as TR in The Wind and the Lion). Alas, he was too far away for a photo. This was also true of the pelicans, gulls, and buzzards. As we were about to leave/ an Osprey landed on a utility pole very close which startled us and we the bird. Then we walked a trail into the Withlacoochie Gulf Preserve where we took the photographs.
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