Where Do I Begin?

Where do I begin!!! So many things happened to me, and Ive been so many places the past few days that I just don't know where to start. I discovered two new nature parks; one was huge, and one was surrounded an urban setting. I've met people, seen fascinating animals, and beautiful scenery. And I feel so overwhelmed by it all that I have to sort it all out in my head before I tell you about it.

The one thing I want to tell you about is something I didn't get on camera, and I feel like kicking myself for it! It was in the middle of the evening, and the last wonder I saw so far. I took a short drive over to Heritage Park, the place where I showed you the hawk circling over my head. I didn't take my camera because I was only planning a quick drive through the front of the park.

But as soon as I turned into the main road there, I saw what I thought was another even bigger hawk flying around very low! I knew I should have brought my camera! Honestly, I wouldn't have been able to get the pictures or video from my truck anyway. I wondered why it was flying low, and later on that little drive I found out why!

I drove up to where the barn is, and as I was coming back out, I saw what looked like a huge, dark bird standing in front of one of the buildings! The first image that came to my mind was it was dark like a cormorant, but this one was a bird of prey. I looked a little more closely, and I began to think it might be a very big black cat, but it was too big. Like I said before, it was the middle of the evening, but it wasn't really dark yet. I looked again, and I knew that this was no cat!

I thought maybe it was the hawk, but it was bigger than even a red-tailed hawk. I have checked and checked as many pictures as I can find, and I'm now convinced that this bird was a juvenile bald eagle! I watched from my truck as this huge bird devoured its prey. The eagle was eating a squirrel. The squirrel looked tiny compared to this gigantic bird.

This looks just like the bird I saw. It is a juvenile bald eagle.You can find the original picture here.

Maybe this bird was an eagle. I don't know if eagles live around here or not, but this really was one huge bird! I saw the squirrel a couple of times because the bird lifted it up a few times as if it were going to fly it away to somewhere else. The bird was nervous because of my presence, and it kept looking over at me. This bird was so big that it was scary, and it was less than twenty feet away from me!

All I can think right now is... Oh my lord! An eagle! A real eagle!!

I finally decided to leave it to its meal, especially since I didn't have my camera anyway. I may have just seen the only eagle I will ever see in my life, but I didn't have my camera! Stupid, stupid, stupid! This should tell you to always take your camera with you!!!

The funny thing is that the eagle, which I originally thought was a hawk, may not even have been the most amazing sight I saw today! The past few days have been a full tilt flurry of sights and sounds, events and places. I saw action, drama, comedy, and anything else you might imagine. How about something as strange as cave drawings? Yup, I saw them!

Here's just a hint of one of the major events...

These two geese are watching something! I know what it is, but I'm not going to tell you yet. Why would they be doing something so strange? Find out in the upcoming days!

What is this creature in this last picture? Is it even real? Maybe it's only a stuffed animal. Is it a squirrel? Maybe it's a puppy. It could be a fox. Surely not a cat. What if it's a bear cub? I'm not going to tell you right now, although you're perfectly free to guess. When I tell you the whole story you are going to be utterly amazed!!!

AND I SAW AN EAGLE!!!!!

That's all I can write for now. My mind is a whirlwind of thoughts and memories, and I feel as if it might explode!!!!!!!!!!!!!!