Juvenile Eagle

We were driving between a couple of our favotite winter hiking sites when we spotted this large bird flying overhead. It took me a few minutes to identify it as a juvenile Bald Eagle. They don’t get the white head until they are about 4 years old. The local couple that nest near our home have had 5 young eaglets over the last three years. I am not sure this is one of those, but it very exciting to see her flying overhead.

The parent eagles are nesting now (as you can make out in the second photo). Yes, that is a full size eagle on that nest.

The final photo is one of the parents in a tree near the nest. The mate is in the nest.

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Eagle Family Check In

I have been taking photos of these two eagles for a couple years. They have a nest near where this one was hanging out last week.

It’s not a great photo (very long shot), The cropped photo is not too bad but not great.

We will have eggs soon, and then eaglets! I try to get close enough to check in frequently, but never closer than where I was when I took this photo. It’s a very safe distance for these beautiful creatures.

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Falcon On A Wire

The American Kestrel is the most common falcon in North America (Source: Wikipedia). This is the 1st American Kestrel have seen in at least 15 months. The funny thing is that I saw him abouit 50 feet from the place where I saw the last one.

He was in a tree until I got where I could take a photo, then he took off and landed on this wire. Good thing I had the right lens for a long shot.

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Pole Hopping

Teresa and I were driving back home after a hike. I had just commented that we have not seen a Hawk for a while, when we suddently saw this Red Tail Halk on this power pole. Teresa stoppped in the middle of the road and I got out and shot this photo.

It didn’t stop there. We moved closer, but he took off. We watched as he flew to the next pole. We slowly moved closer, only to watch him fly off to the next pole once again. This little game was repeated three times, and would have continued if we were wiling to play. We left him to have some peace. Clearly it was some kind of game 😳🤣.

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Free Flying

As we drove into the Nature Preserve parking lot, we saw this Broad-winged Hawk making her entry as well. She parked in a tree across the field, where I was able to capture a couple photos. The best photo may be this one, as she grew nervous about our cameras and took flight to a more secure, and hidden location.

We have not been out to make a video for a few days. Teresa sprained her knee, and I have been getting in some extra biking with one of my sons. I hope we can get out sometime this week.

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