CLEARWATER, Fla. — Charley the osprey has a pretty new home with plenty of bushes, trails and 13 different birds of prey for neighbors.
Moccasin Lake Nature Park is 50 acres of paradise proper in the coronary heart of busy Clearwater. It’s good for households wanting some enjoyable, free outdoorsy time.
It’s additionally fairly good for eagles and owls and now ospreys, all of which have been rescued and given new properties in the raptor sanctuary.
“I want people to know that birds are the thing that connect us all,” stated Barbara Walker, the park’s hen of prey director. “We need to find a way to have more bird-friendly communities.”
Walker and her crew of volunteers journey throughout to carry rescued birds of prey again to Moccasin Lake.
The latest resident Charley is simply a few months previous, he harm his wing as a babe in a nest excessive up in a Duke Energy energy tower in Fort De Soto Park. There was no approach he may ever depart the nest.
So Walker labored with Duke Energy to rescue him.
Now Charley has a job — educating younger and previous to respect nature.
“All the birds here are avian ambassadors who will need full care for the rest of their lives,” stated Walker.
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