Thursday, February 16, 2023

Snow Eagles


Ice storm today.

No ton's of showy snow like distant years past, but still. A new normal.

Speaking of eagles..

 


Late 70's probably, word came to the prairie that bald eagles were again wintering around dams along the Mississippi River. Heather and I set off to see for ourselves.

And we did. This one, an immature bird beset on the ice by crows:

 


Then while trudging through yet more snowy woods towards yet another brisk overlook on the mighty river, at a small clearing in quiet forest we found these.

 


It'd never occurred to us that eagles made snow angels.

On a winter afternoon spent roaming high above the Mississippi River back when only a few eagles were anywhere, they taught us better.

 

 

#snow angels

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