Lest I overload readers with cute calf photos, I’m
tossing in a hodgepodge recent bird notes.
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| On a bitter, blustery day, I saw red-winged blackbirds take shelter in this brush. No one was singing! |
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| For several weeks, the bald eagles have been refurbishing last year's nest (we don't get too close to the nest to disturb them--here, they were perching in a different tree). I've heard that the males are smaller than the females. |
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| Sometimes, nearly 10 acres of our hayfields are covered with Canada geese. |
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| "Why do they all come here?" we'd been asking ourselves, until yesterday, when we saw four eagles attacking a goose in the vicinity of the eagle tree above. Answer: the trees here are further away, so the geese can see the eagles approaching. |
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| This morning, the female was in the nest. The male, seen here close to the highway, was shrieking loudly until I approached. I don't know if the eagles were at odds with one another or if he was just excited about becoming a father again. |
“For You have been my
help, and in the shadow of Your wings will I rejoice.” –PSALM 63:7 (AMP)
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