Okay, I admit that is rather juvenile but it cracks me up. 😀

A couple of weeks ago in the pre-dawn hours as I headed to my photo destination, I spotted these two bald eagles. It wasn’t until I got home and downloaded the pics that I realized the crappy situation the bottom eagle was in.

On the plus side, I returned to the spot a couple hours later and discovered the pair had a nest not far away. While it apparently was not successful this season, I will certainly be checking it next year.

Just an eye-pleasing image of my favorite photo subject.

Taken a couple of months ago on a cold morning on Colorado’s eastern plains. I and this eagle sat along the shores of a lake, just taking in the scene of a rising sun. The silence was profound and a welcome break from the din of the city. Mornings like that are ones that I treasure and I welcome.

Hope you all had a great week and enjoy your #FreedomFriday.

Kind of a fun capture from a couple weeks ago, even if the perch is kinda yucky. I had spent some time watching this pair in a tree along the South Platte River when they moved to a high tension power pole. That location really limited the photo ops so I only grabbed a few of them there, this being one of them. Hope you have a fantastic #FreedomFriday and #TGIF!

If only we were as free to move about as these guys, eh? This fantastic bald eagle is the male from my favorite nest, one that unfortunately failed this year.

This past weekend I caught up with the pair though a mile or so from the nest as they enjoyed a pleasant spring day along the river. Naturally they opted to put themselves to my south creating a pretty poor lighting situation for photography.

The pretty lady departed, something I failed to capture because I had my face in my phone. Thankfully, this handsome fellow waited a split second before following and gave me time to get my camera up to my face and snap some pictures as he flew 15 feet over my head.

Not the greatest quality of pic but the event was pretty exciting, something I never tire of.

Oh how I love these creatures. With the failure of my local nest, my time with bald eagles is quite limited anymore. As a result, I am reaching back to this past Thanksgiving Day and this handsome fellow. He and his mate put on a nice show for me that morning set against those awesome, blue, Colorado skies.

Have a great weekend and stay safe!

Coming home from work one day last week I spotted two dark objects off in the distance on a utility pole. That of course required some investigation. 😉

Once I hiked in, I saw it was two bald eagles, both quite relaxed with me. One was kind enough to take off, do a nice flyby and return right back to land. Here you see it as it flares its wings to slow down for the landing.

I hope you all are safe, well and having a fantastic #FreedomFriday!

Despite the fact it appears this pair won’t have any young this year, one of the adult bald eagles did spend some time doing some maintenance a couple weeks ago. Here, it returns with fistfuls of grass to line the bottom. I haven’t been back since then to see if perhaps they are giving it another go at having eggs but will try to do so soon. It isn’t likely but you never know!

This is my favorite bald eagle nest, one which I have shared many pictures from over the years. There should be a bald eagle sitting in there on eggs. Unfortunately, there is not which means the nest has failed.

Was it last week’s snowstorm? Just bad luck? Did the interloping eagle I have spotted in the area do something? We will never know.

I spent two hours there waiting, hoping and while one of the eagles did make a flyby to add some grass to the home, it headed off right away. I spotted both of them about a half mile away so at least I know they are okay. Will they try again? Possibly, as occasionally when a nest fails the mated pair will try again. It is not likely however.

Whew! A busy couple of days recently and I totally missed #FreedomFriday so here you go! 😉

This beautiful bald eagle gave me a nice display last weekend as it flew along the shoreline looking for a meal. It did find one but, unfortunately, way out on the water too far away for pictures. The pic gives a nice look at its six plus foot wide wingspan. Very impressive!

Oh my! This makes me blush! 😉 Okay, maybe not.

Two weekends ago on my visit to this eagle nest I was able to catch the pair of residents “in the act.” It’s not something you get to witness often so it was cool to be able to see.

Last weekend, she was dutifully sitting on the nest so it appears this activity was successful. Incubation for bald eagles is typically 35 days so going from last weekend, that should put hatching right around April 3rd. That is of course assuming all goes well – keep your fingers crossed.