Joe Overstreet Road

Even though Joe Overstreet Road is not far from many of the other birding spots in Florida that we visit, it has a unique set of birds that are not common in the other areas…

Along the side of Canoe Creek Rd there were a pair of Cara Caras eating some sort of roadkill

As cars drove by, one of the Cara Caras took off with a mouthful

Soon after that, the other Cara Cara took off the other direction

Cara Cara flying past with roadkill

Cara Cara flying off

The first Cara Cara then started to fly right towards us

Cara Cara with a mouthful on a clear blue sky day

Red Shouldered Hawk waiting on a fence post for breakfast to move below it

Eastern Meadowlark singing away on a fence

Burrowing Owls watching cars go past

Burrowing Owls are very curious little owls. They watch everything, often with amusement

Another Meadowlark singing away

Baby Great Horned Owl with mom sitting right there in the shadows

Great Horned Owlet looking around

Take a bow!

The owlet is looking intensely at mom

And now looking intensely at me

Mom Great Horned Owl is getting sleepy

Over at the lake, the Osprey were making fish and stick runs

Osprey coming in to land on a marker sign in the lake

Feeding time for the baby eaglet

Just a little piece of fish at a time

Baby Eaglet getting bigger

Lynn spotted this dead Water Moccasin that someone put on a fence post

The Owlet was awake and watching over the nest area

But it wasn’t awake for long. Nap time comes often for baby birds, especially owls

Kestrel flying past

Burrowing Owl looking skyward

This wasn’t actually at Joe Overstreet. It’s a Florida Scrub Jay at Helen and Alan Crusiank Sanctuary.

Baby Gopher Tortoise crossing the path

Florida Scrub Jay

Joe Overstreet Road is worth the drive to get there. Paying attention not just along the road to the lake past the farms, but also along Canoe Creek Road on the way in can be a very rewarding wildlife experience!