Aptly named, this photograph was taken at Sunset Marina in Rock Island Illinois. It’s a well known, and popular spot for watching eagles during the winter and early spring. The area itself actually serves as a nice sanctuary for the birds, getting them out of some of the cold north winds that blow this time … Read more
Winter eventually gives way to spring thawing and this is a great benefit to the eagles who have made it through the harshest time of the year. Fish, long locked in the ice, are now exposed and make for a relatively fresh, easy, and abundant meal source. You can always bet the eagles will be … Read more
It’s been some slim pickings of late as far as eagles go. It’s just been too warm in the upper midwest. Reports are that this might be changing soon, after all, we hardly ever see a warmish January. It’s not that I really love cold weather, it’s just what that weather does for the bird … Read more
I’ve been trying to think of any bird more dominant in the air compared to an eagle. A golden eagle might possibly best a baldie, but I think it would depend more on the attitude of the latter. There are times when they are simply dominating of everything in the sky.
The whole wide ether is the eagle’s way. The whole earth is a brave man’s fatherland. – Euripedes
But flies an eagle flight, bold and forth on, leaving no track behind. – William Shakespeare