Vero Lake: Living in the Country here in Florida

  We have a lot of wonderful wildlife here where we live! This hawk has been on my pole and wire by my house a lot lately. I see and hear him a lot. A very beautiful bird! I thought it was an eagle of sorts, I was looking up to see, but it looks like it is a hawk. I have maybe narrowed it down to either a Broad-winged Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, or maybe a Rough-legged Hawk, according to what I could find and research online by the way it looks. It has a lot of white or light colors, some darker around the wings, but fairly light. It is very majestic to look and and watch, it perches for long periods of time, just looking around, even like licking its upper feathers. It also almost looks like an owl somewhat too. Anyway, I have seen this one like this here where we live in VLE a lot for the past two years or so. I feel bad as so much of the woods and forest are being taking down to build houses, it worries me they won't have an environment to live in anymore. We are very blessed to live...

  We had the cutest and smallest little turtle visitor today in my backyard by the back door. So cute! I see many big turtles all around, but this must be a baby, so small, about 2 inches in diameter, very very cute. I had not seen one like this so small. My next door neighbor told me that before our house was built that there always used to be a lot of turtles on this property. I have seen many now since living here for almost two years, but always larger like other photos here on this blog. I love seeing all the wildlife here in VLE, the turtles are very special, turtles can live to be very old too. They are a very special creature from God! What a blessing today! 

  I love seeing all the critters around here! It is a nice feeling to see so much wildlife here. Eagles, owls, sandhill cranes, turtles, rabbits, blue jays, cardinals, squirrels, butterflies, red headed woodpeckers, so much wildlife here and it is so nice to see! I just love the turtles! I have bird feeders setup so always see many birds. It is always a blessing to see God's critters out and about! 

I love seeing all the wildlife around my house. Each day I see turtles, cardinals, blue jays, squirrels, etc. Yesterday I saw the pair of sand hill cranes again. They make a very loud screeching noise. They are very graceful creatures! The other day I saw this turtle again, I see him often, he goes in the road and all, a guy on the bike was screaming and cussing about the overbuilding here, as they are building new houses down the road and doing a lot of backhoe work, he feels bad for the turtles being displaced as do I. It is sad. I have seen so many eagles and owls here, but they keep cutting down more of their habitat and where will they be able to live soon?  While it is nice to live in the country, it is worrisome to see so much of the woods and animal habitat being taking down to build more houses, too bad they wouldn't put a moratorium on it for a while. We really are enjoying all the wildlife here and are grateful to God for all the visits from all of God's creatures ea...

  The poor eagles, bunnies, turtles, birds, owls have no where to go here where I live. They are cutting down all their habitat faster and faster and the poor animals are being displaced. It is sad that we do that to our wildlife here just to build more houses for humans. Why can't we set aside some woods in all blocks for the animals? It is so sad to see so many animals like this big eagle on this new house. They are clearing the land nearby and took down all the woods where tis guy lived. I saw him come in and out of there each day. I wish that are so called leaders could do more in our neighborhood to protect the wildlife here and prevent so much growth and development. Praying for the poor animals that call VLE their home who are being displaced.