To describe my lifelong fascination with flight and with creatures that fly I like to echo the words of John James Audubon who in 1839 wrote of himself as "...one who never can cease to admire and to study with zeal and the most heartfelt reverence, the wonderful productions of an Almighty Creator."
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Bald Eagle feeding young
Signs of spring are everywhere. Not only are migrating warblers showing up in my back yard, this weekend there was also a Hermit Thrush, a Fox Sparrow and a White-crowned Sparrow. None of them had been here a day before, and they will likely soon move on toward their summer territories. Then at the Willamette River today I watched a female Bald Eagle feeding at least one tiny eaglet tidbits torn off of something dead beside them in the nest. The photo was taken through my spotting scope from about 1/4 mile away.
Signs of spring are everywhere. Not only are migrating warblers showing up in my back yard, this weekend there was also a Hermit Thrush, a Fox Sparrow and a White-crowned Sparrow. None of them had been here a day before, and they will likely soon move on toward their summer territories. Then at the Willamette River today I watched a female Bald Eagle feeding at least one tiny eaglet tidbits torn off of something dead beside them in the nest. The photo was taken through my spotting scope from about 1/4 mile away.
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