Sitting outside on this beautiful spring day I heard a disturbance down toward our pond. The crows were having a fit and flying around as if something were bothering them. All of a sudden I saw the eagle flying towards them. My beautiful eagle was back!! He flew up into a tree and the crows were crowing and squawking like I've never heard before. This went on for several minutes. Of course, I had my camera at the ready just waiting for that eagle to fly out of that tree. As I was waiting I kept looking through the binoculars trying to see exactly what he was doing. As luck would have it I couldn't see him because of all the leaves blocking my view of him. However, he flew out and landed upon the post surrounding the pond. He sat there for several glorious minutes and I snapped lots of photos of him. Even while he sat there the crows kept nose diving at him trying to scare him off, but he was unperturbed. He just sat there looking at that crow with a look of boredom on his face. We have lots of fish in our pond so I figure he was sizing it up to see what he could catch for lunch.
A heifer and her baby were close by, but were a little wary of him. They decided to take their chances and walk by him. The mama didn't look his way, but her baby kept looking at it and ran past it just in case it decided to switch his choice of menu items. It was the calf's lucky day to not be picked for lunch since the eagle didn't even bother looking at either one of them.
The crows kept diving at the eagle and wouldn't leave it alone. The eagle took flight and they flew round and round. The eagle knew he had not eaten yet so he landed back down at the pond's edge. He was out of my sight for a few minutes. Hopefully he dined on a catfish, crappie or blue gill.
As I saw his head come back into view he took flight again and the crows gave chase once more. They flew and dove around each other for a couple more minutes and finally the eagle flew off. Darned old crows!!
I feel so blessed to have been able to see the eagle in all his majestic beauty once again. Hopefully, he will make a permanent home here so that I can sit outside each day and watch him. That would be a sight I don't believe I could ever grow tired of.
I posted a few of his pictures in my spring album if you'd like to see them.
To all the mothers who may read this I wish you a heart felt and blessed Mother's Day this weekend.
Take Care,
Rita
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