An infestation of eagles

Why the sudden infestation of eagles?

On occasion, Bald Eagles fly by or even visit, but at sunrise on Friday perhaps a half-dozen individuals started circling and landing. Only a few of these birds produced satisfactory pictures, yet, the story of the unexpected visitors proved so interesting, it will be spread over three postings. This is the first.

The first to arrive was a sub adult which flew into a tree above me.

Once it spotted me, it seemed distinctly unpleased and quickly flew off.

Then a progression of sub adults and adults circled over us, and…

an adult landed and glowered down from an adjacent tree.

Then another sub adult flew in…,

and the adult chased it around the Lake before driving it off.
Finally, my grandson pointed out the reason for all of this activity: a fish on the beach. Now understanding what an impediment we were, the humans retreated to a safe viewing distance and left the area to the eagles. Then, things got even more interesting—to be continued.

The eagle glowering picture (#4) was taken by Finn Grathwol and is used with permission.