Seward,
Alaska
The
unusual GOLDEN EAGLE juvenile, beautiful and sleek, sat on a thick cable below
the power line just yards from the highway north of the Lagoon this afternoon. What
a joy to admire this raptor so close!
The
perfect gold-tipped feathers on the head would be the envy of a professional
hair stylist. Its dark brown eyes were alert but calm, studying the
surroundings. Its wings hung limp but slightly outstretched, drying like
laundry on a line, the white underwing patches matching the white tail with its
dark border. Bold yellow talons casually gripped the cable, their power
temporarily at ease.
A
disheveled young BALD EAGLE perched in a spruce a short distance away, out of
sight behind the row of intervening trees and shrubs. It called out, every now
and then, as if to announce its presence to the young intruder.
Perhaps
it knows that this is Bald Eagle country, of ocean, rivers, and salmon. The
Golden bird of the mountains and open country did not migrate, and is now forced
to scrounge out a living eating salmon bones and whatever else it can find
until spring. For once, I hope there are enough feral rabbits still around to
feed this magnificent being.
Happy
Birding!
Carol
Griswold
Seward
Sporadic Bird Report Reporter
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