The boys have been kept inside for the past few days,...We have been telling them that it is too rainy and windy,...
But,... In reality,... we have been trying to get our minds around
what we saw in the neighbors field on the way home the other day,...
on a dead sheep.This is exciting,... neither of us have seen a Bald Eagle "in person",...
Of course we did some research, and don't have too much
to worry about with the boys, but,... !!!
Anyway,... we got on our road walking gear (safety vests)
and headed out to get some pictures,...
As we approached, on the road,...
The eagle soared away,... way down the field,... we stood on the road shoulder for many minutes, wondering where the eagle had gone,... then all of a sudden it soared right over our heads and up into a tree,... we watched, and watched,... then it came out of the tree and I got ready to snap pictures of it landing on the sheep,... BUT,...
A second eagle intercepted the first,...
Let the courtship begin,...
Hey, baby,... How you doin'?
Did you see my feathers,...?
Where are you going?
The smaller male kept close,...
Repeatedly, changing course to keep track of the female.
She is making a "run" for it,...
Get back here,...
Obviously a pair, that might be nesting in the area soon.In fact, I went outside a little while after we got home
and one of the eagles soared around our oak grove and
down along the adjacent road,...
Do those big birdies want to be my friends?
5 comments:
I know they are really vulture-type birds, but they are still so majestic to witness. You got some really amazing shots. How cool. However, I must admit that I am a little nervous for the boys.
:-(
Yes it is unlikely that they would go after the boys... AND they seem very skittish,...
We were a long way away from the one feeding on the downed sheep as well as on the other side of a shrub hedge-row, on the road,... and it took off before we got anywhere near it.
great pics, but I'd be nervous too!
There were several Bald Eagle nests near our home along Lake Sammamish. So amazing.
We have a red-tail hawk that soars right above our house here in Texas. He is pretty too and makes a beautiful sound. But I just know he is waiting for one of my babies to escape. It totally freaks me out.
I will ask my cat partner if she has any concerns regarding the danger of a Bald Eagle. She is a wildlife biologist and birds are are specialty.
How exciting! I wonder what it was that killed the sheep. I thought that eagles were not carrion feeders, and only feasted on live animals that they themselves had killed.
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