Can you see it...
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If you cannot see....it is an eagle on its nest. And that nest is not 10 minutes from here. I just could hardly believe my eyes. It is a good distance across a field. I was so excited to find it and could barely wait to get home and see if an eagle was on it.
Day before yesterday we went by the swamp area that is about 20-25 miles from here. It is one of my favorite places to visit. It is where we saw our first eagle of the day.
It is a juvenile Bald Eagle. We went on from there, and just up the road and across the field we seen the following...
I have messed with these photos to try to get them presentable, but they are still not the greatest. He was way across another field.
From there we went on to Danville, Illinois and on to the Heron Viewing Park...there we saw 3 eagles in flight but no photos.
WOW!! One eagle is a great sighting but several is just super.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, Rose. Such fun to see Eagles. Thank goodness they have survived and now are everywhere.
ReplyDeleteNice pics and I see the white head in the nest
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Wow! A Bald Eagle on her nest! And I bet that nest weighs so much!! A great sighting!
ReplyDeleteThese are great photos Rose. How exciting to see the one in its nest. I would be thrilled to get these shots.
ReplyDeleteYes, I see the eagle peeking out of the nest! How exciting to see them soaring. Hope you will have a nice weekend.
ReplyDeletethey look good to me, I can see his beautiful head in the last two and the tiny head peeking up out of the nest, maybe mama watching out over that lake for predators
ReplyDeleteI would say the pictures are perfect! I would love to see an eagle. Can't imaging what it would be like. Eagles are beautiful. I just looked at your last post and saw sweet Lorelei. She sure grew up quick, but then they all do. I would love to try growing a cotton plant. You've made me want to look for a seed somewhere.
ReplyDeleteYou got some great shots of the Eagle and yes, I can see the white head just above the nest!!
ReplyDeletewhy i love our back yard .. we get to see eagles all the time ... i usually hear them and then look to find them ... so cool!! happy weekend. ( ;
ReplyDeleteY'know I am an avid birder...and sights like this would thrill me to no end!! And to have a nesting pair so close to me, Why...I'd not wanna go home for fear of missing out.
ReplyDeleteExcellent Rose, just excellent!!
Thank in particular for sharing the great shot of a juvenile. It confirms for me that the bird I saw flying over my house last summer was indeed an Eagle. I stopped talking about it when just about everyone I told about it said it must have been a scavenger that we often see here flying to the landfill. Great pictures.
ReplyDeletexx, Carol
So many sightings. Lucky you! I would love to find an eagle's nest. The eagles I posted stuck around for a week, but haven't seen them in the past 3 days. I hope they come back to the same area again. It's right along a highway and close enough to get a few good pics. I always wanted to go to the Heron Viewing Park when we still lived in Illinois, but never made it. :(
ReplyDeleteGreat sighting of the Eagle.
ReplyDeleteEagles are busy here too cleaning up roadside kills from the winter:(
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