One of the less known parts of DuPuis is the Powerline Grade along the eastern perimeter. A one way trip is 13 miles long and can be traveled on foot, bike, horse, or car. As the name implies, the shellrock road parallels high tension power lines running south from the FPL Indiantown plant. The southern half of the road runs between a canal (with many resident alligators) and the adjacent Corbett WMA. You may also see otters, deer, birds and various Florida fauna. Bringing your camera is recommended. Happy caching!
The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey native to parts of North America, including the entire contiguous United States. Appropriately, it is the national bird and national animal of the USA. Although seriously endangered at one point, the bald eagle was downgraded to threatened in 1995 and removed entirely from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife in 2007.
Bald eagles are easy to identify thanks to their distinctive appearance: white heads, brown bodies, and yellow beaks and feet. Juveniles lack the white heads which are indeed feathered, not actually bald. Adult females are slightly larger than males, but otherwise look the same. Bald eagles build the largest nests of any North American bird and the largest tree nests of any animal, usually returning to the same nest every year during the winter. Eagles are opportunistic predators, but mostly feed on fish they catch with their talons and thus prefer to nest near bodies of water.