12 March 2008 - Immature Bald Eagle

Yesterday, Helen and I walked out to our mailbox. Along the way, I reminded her that I had spotted a bald eagle while she was in the UK. As we were approached the river, Helen stopped and said, "Look the eagle". Sure enough she had spotted an eagle soaring along the river. As we watched, the eagle made a second circle over the river like he had spotted a fish in the river. He then soared within a 100' of us and then continued up the river. As he soared over head, we could see speckles of white under his wings. When we returned to the house, I looked on the internet and determined that this was a immature bald eagle somewhere around 2-3 years old. The photo to the left is one I found on the internet that looks just like the eagle we saw today. We were really blessed today to be able to be in the right place and the right time to see this eagle.

23 Dec 2007 - Bald Eagle

Over the past several years on or near Christmas eve day, we have been fortunate enough to see a Bald Eagle flying over the Blue River next to our house. It happened again today. Helen was on the phone with her mother, when she spotted the large bird flying near the river. We both jumped up and sure enough it was a Bald Eagle looking for fish on the river. I did not take this photo but it looked just like this only further away and flying the opposite direction. The Bald Eagle loves to fly about 40' over the river looking for fish.

Hopefully, we will see it again on Christmas Eve day.