In case I haven't already said it enough - farm life is delightful! Just when you think you have seen all the coolness that there is to see....something new happens!
Here on our little farm we have seen quite a few bald eagles. Usually just one at a time hanging out in a field looking majestic. That kind of sighting is sufficiently cool to impress me.
But then a couple weeks ago - Mon Amour and I went for a walk (without the camera, which we really should never do) when we witnessed a bald eagle chasing a goose through the sky! Back and forth they went, and it almost looked like the bald eagle was not going to get what he wanted, but then! He pounced! It was as though he had just been playing with the goose before this while all the while knowing that he could grab it whenever he wanted. He certainly did grab it - and dragged it to the ground where it fought bravely; and to some extent, succeeded, because after a few moments, the bald eagle gave up the fight and flew away. Leaving poor Mr. Goose crippled in the cow field. poor goose.
Again, sufficiently cool for me! But that was just the start!
The next day, Mon Amour and I were driving down the drive way when bald eagle # 1 went WOOSH across our path and flew off into the distance. Very cool. Then as we parked the car - we saw out in the field bald eagles #2 and #3!! Poor Mr. Goose must have kicked the bucket sometime in the night, cause this trio of bald eagles seemed delighted at their feast.
Needless to say - the sight was really amazing! For the most part bald eagle sightings in this area are reserved for the Wildlife Preservation areas where they have them in cages and such; and I have never seen 3 at once!
It proved difficult to get a good picture of the eagles themselves....but here is a sample of our attempts:
This one is really blurry, but is really the only one that proves they are actually bald eagles and not some other kind of big bird. See, they have white heads! And the white feathers at their feet are the remains of Mr Goose.
Here on our little farm we have seen quite a few bald eagles. Usually just one at a time hanging out in a field looking majestic. That kind of sighting is sufficiently cool to impress me.
But then a couple weeks ago - Mon Amour and I went for a walk (without the camera, which we really should never do) when we witnessed a bald eagle chasing a goose through the sky! Back and forth they went, and it almost looked like the bald eagle was not going to get what he wanted, but then! He pounced! It was as though he had just been playing with the goose before this while all the while knowing that he could grab it whenever he wanted. He certainly did grab it - and dragged it to the ground where it fought bravely; and to some extent, succeeded, because after a few moments, the bald eagle gave up the fight and flew away. Leaving poor Mr. Goose crippled in the cow field. poor goose.
Again, sufficiently cool for me! But that was just the start!
The next day, Mon Amour and I were driving down the drive way when bald eagle # 1 went WOOSH across our path and flew off into the distance. Very cool. Then as we parked the car - we saw out in the field bald eagles #2 and #3!! Poor Mr. Goose must have kicked the bucket sometime in the night, cause this trio of bald eagles seemed delighted at their feast.
Needless to say - the sight was really amazing! For the most part bald eagle sightings in this area are reserved for the Wildlife Preservation areas where they have them in cages and such; and I have never seen 3 at once!
It proved difficult to get a good picture of the eagles themselves....but here is a sample of our attempts:
This one is really blurry, but is really the only one that proves they are actually bald eagles and not some other kind of big bird. See, they have white heads! And the white feathers at their feet are the remains of Mr Goose.
The cows were not big fans of the eagles.
The rest of the pictures (including the picture now at the top of the blog) just look like shadows - trust me though, they are bald eagles, and they were super-cool in person.
I am not sure what kind of wildlife is left for us to spot we've had lots of deer, lots of geese a couple foxes, a bunch of bald eagles and a black bear. There are rumors of a beaver family (complete with dam) living along the creek in the woods at the edge of the field...I haven't seen them yet. But perhaps I will go look for them this spring.
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