Going on an Eagle Hunt...

When ice drifts down the Hudson River, it is time to head to the nature center to look for bald eagles. I tend to always have the same luck at these events. Either I have the camera and there are no eagles, or I forget the camera and we see many. The stars must have aligned last Thursday, because we finally had everything--camera, eagles, and fair weather!

Of course, the mature eagles still decided to take me down a peg and stayed far enough away that this was the best my camera could manage...

At least it's visible! Considering I couldn't see it in the viewfinder, I'm amazed it came out this well.

The swans were more cooperative. My son took this wonderful shot of a swan on the river:



Then I took some shots of the kids to prove they were there...

Afterward, we went back to the nature center to warm up a bit. (Could you tell we were cold?) I took some shots of the feeder birds.

Another birdwatcher came in to tell us he had sighted a juvenile eagle. Marina and I dropped everything and rushed over (Chase and Sierra were in play mode by now, no sense in dragging them away from their friends.) We were rewarded with a wonderful view of this immature bald eagle, possibly a first year. We thought it was very griffin like.