A young eagle landed in the very top branches of a cottonwood tree near our lakehouse late yesterday afternoon. For ten minutes or so, the eagle clung to the branch and kept a watchful eye on White Rock Shoal. Ed spotted the bird just as it came to the tree.
This eagle looked to be almost full size with some of the white mottled spots of an immature bird. The beak is markedly hooked; the feet and talons very apparent.
Raptors like eagles are easily spotted in spring when the trees are just budding. This one chose to oversee White Rock Shoal from the high vantage point of Cedar Bluff. The bird might have been hunting fish or mice. Then, too, it might have been waiting for the evening breeze to kick up a fine thermal or two.
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Wanda Hayes Eichler
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