Another beautiful morning on the lake. Not much activity, though. A couple turtles and shore birds, but pretty quiet.
Then I spied this eagle soaring above.
Darn! It was too fast and I was too slow to catch him coming at me. But, then it circled back …
just doing lazy loops over my head.
Finally, it flew straight at me overhead.
and came in for a landing.
I thought I was about to be breakfast, but it landed in a tree right in front of me, and sat there, posing.
I had to paddle away from the tree to even get a glimpse of him, but the wind kept pushing me back under the tree. Beautiful!
Glad I wasn’t on the menu
Mark
Hi Mark —
Nice pictures of the eagle. We saw him a couple of times over the weekend, but never up close and personal like that. Keep up the great photos. It’s really good to keep track of the wildlife on the lake.
Those are some amazing photos. The soaring, and landing ones have great detail. I didn’t see any while I was up there, but I was only on the lake in the afternoon.
It was so close! Easy to get that kind of detail under those conditions. Didn’t know you got on the lake. I prefer mornings and evenings.
It is always awesome to see an eagle. I am glad you got these great pictures.
Thanks, Janet. Always makes a good day better.
The eagle has landed!! What a magnificent wing span!!!!!
It was amazing having it right overhead.