The Big Guy (Baron) and I had gone early morning road birding in a snow shower a few years back now. We were in the valley of the Middle Root River practicing our spotting skills, when a mature bald eagle flushed from a tree line to my left and swept in front of the windshield of my truck. Startled, I must have been seeing too many juncos and other really small birds because the eagle seemed so big and I thought at first, perhaps, it was a gliding prehistoric pterodactyl! 
Obviously the snowfall, combined with some heavy fog, had put me in a "spooky" mood!
Later, we checked out the eagle nest on the far side of the trout ponds. There, sitting near the huge nest were the two adults. Were they hunting, resting, sleeping or just plain waiting for spring? If the later, they surely have a lot more patience than I do these days.
Each year of my retirement. the winters seem to get longer and longer, here in Bluff Country, even including this years hiatus to Florida. Talk about patience being a virtue. My impatience with this very cold and seemingly never ending winter is palpable. And I don't even live in Boston...:)
how awesome! if it makes you feel any better, we had snow and sleet in texas today, too. :)
ReplyDeleteA wonderful sighting and photo! I hope winter loosens its grip for y'all soon!
ReplyDeleteThese past two winters have been pretty brutal. And they are more severe here in Eastern Ontario than southwestern where we used to live.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to see the eagles close-up.
ReplyDeleteI see on television how awful the weather has been in the States,particularly Boston and am thankful that so far the winter has been trouble-free for us. Weather forecasts have said that our severe winds have arisen because of the conditions abroad.
It won't be long now... :-)
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ReplyDeleteMy aunt lives in Caldwell,Texas and she had 25 degrees and snow this morning! Here in Northwest Wisconsin it has been brutal the last two weeks. We only got out to ski one time in the last two weeks. :-((
The wind today is crazy! It is warmer, 25, but the wind is wild.
Weather...fascinating! And I do wonder how the birds stay cozy on -20 degree nights, after night.
Love the eagle in the snow. I'm with you. Surprising that retirement makes the winter longer and we don't even have to go to work in the sub-zero weather. Snow is hitting the Southeast yet again. Dang.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to keep your chin up when the cold is blasting you in the face:) We sure have been enjoying our respite here in Florida. I'm hoping by the time we head home, the cold will have retreated to its proper place. Stay as warm as possible, TB!
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