More Eagles

Well, after finding a new bald eagle nest yesterday, I thought I'd stop by my local nest this afternoon and see what I could see. As I was pulling up, I saw one of the adults in his usual perch on a dead tree near his nest. You've seen this same shot any number of times now, going all the way back to my first sighting of these eagles back in 2005. Off to the left of this, I saw the other adult raising a commotion in another tree, but by the time I got the camera out and the long lens on it, that bird was nowhere to be seen. I hopped out of the car and started walking around when something caught my attention.

Soaring behind the trees was a big dark bird. My first thought was that it was a vulture, they seem to be all over the place around here lately. But something didn't seem right about it, so I snapped a quick shot and tried to get out from behind the trees, but I didn't see him again. Well, at least not in the air.

Sure enough, after scanning the tree line for a while, I spotted what I think is the same bird. It's a juvenile bald eagle, probably not long out of the nest. I waited almost half an hour hoping he'd take flight, but he was content to sit on his limb and wait me out.