They are an amazing animal. When we first brought our farm back in 2007 I was standing on the bank of our lake and I could see a wedge tail Eagle circling around. We had a couple of old pine trees on the edge of the water so I stood behind one but kept my eye on the eagle as I knew he/she had their eye on dinner. I could see it getting lower and was lucky enough to be standing directly behind it as it flew in for its dinner. It was really unreal to watch , I dont think Id ever be that lucky to be standing in that position again, to watch it close its wings as it was about to land but scooped up the field mouse at the last second.
I took a second glance as i saw "Winter drought" We suffer terribly from drought in summer, would be nice if some of the winter rains appeared in summer
I've had only 1 personal experience with these awesome birds. I was returning to the barn from the feed store, and found an "early" foal laying in the pasture with momma standing guard. She was standing guard because right in front of her was the most massive bald eagle, who had swooped down and was walking towards her expelled placenta. I could not believe the wing-span on this guy! HUGE! Scared me to death thinking of my little one on the ground. That's what I get for wanting momma's to have a little exercise every day. Mom had been stalled waiting to drop this foal, and I thought I'd give her a little "outing" while I was running to the feed store. After all, no signs of labor, and a 30 minutes trip total. I don't know what I was more excited about -- the new baby or seeing one of these wonderful birds up close and "personal".
My son, Tommy, who lives on a salt-water canal to the Gulf of Mexico, has 2 new arrivals to his property. A pair of these wonderful birds. Hard to see in the pictures, but I'll post them anyway. Spectacular!