Another Precious Sighting

Eagle Overhead – Photos: L. Weikel

I’m going to share with you the four photos I managed to take of the amazing sighting we experienced on our walk today.

They’re crappy. But they were the best I could manage with an iPhone. I was so excited to capture the magnificence of this creature as it soared in massive, ever increasing spirals overhead. But as the spirals grew in radius, they actually brought this symbol of both Spirit and Freedom closer and closer to us as we crested the hill about half a mile from our home.

I’m going to post the photos I got in serial order, but again, I’m disappointed that the zoom was not nearly powerful enough to capture our first-hand experience.

And my disappointment is mostly rooted in the fact that my family goes bonkers when we’re graced with a visit from Eagle. (OK, I probably go the most bonkers. But they at least act pretty excited by the experience too.)

It’s Not Just Me

I actually don’t think it’s all an act, either. At least on Karl’s part. That’s because just now, before he went upstairs to bed, he reminded me of the first eagle we ever saw in the wild. It was in Maine, on Mount Desert Island, 27 years ago – and we only saw one. Very briefly.

And then we saw a few more when we went to the state of Washington in the early 2000s.

We never thought we’d experience the return of the amazing birds to our home environment here in Bucks County. But we have, and it is a tremendous accomplishment for environmentalists.

THANK YOU to those who cared enough to get rid of DDT and other pesticides. (And keep caring, in spite of the current insanity.)