I saw five Bald Eagles around the West Arm a couple of days ago.
It was interesting that, when I visited the Creston Flats three weeks ago, I saw no eagles, only hawks. The difference is probably related to the fact that Bald Eagles prefer to hunt over water while hawks prefer land.
Although I saw five eagles, only the two shown here were doing something interesting.
A sub-adult Bald Eagle looks over its shoulder and spreads its wings to dry them. Eagles don’t seem to spread their wings nearly as widely to dry them as do vultures. But why did this eagle need to dry its wings? Presumably, it had recently captured something in the Lake.
Not far away was a raft of coots. Likely, there is now one coot fewer than earlier in the day.
Farther along the shore, an eagle sat on a nest (rather early in the season), but the eagle was being mobbed by dozens of Bohemian Waxwings. In this picture, twelve waxwings are harassing the eagle. Three are difficult to spot as they are passing in front of the nest.
