The Eagle Has Landed

There was a time when the appearance and spotting of a bald eagle was a rare occurrence.  With the passage of time it became more common.  Lately it has been rather frequent as it seems that just about every other day we spy one of these birds of prey flying overhead or perching out back to the north of the house.

Monday there was this. 

A favorite perch is this dead elm snag on the line fence.  The eagle was content to hangout for the morning alternating between the snag and a spot on the ground betwixt the pond and the house.  

By early afternoon the bird had departed (or vanished from view) and I was tempted to walk out there to see if there was a dead animal that was enticing the eagle to hang around here with frequency.  Alas, it was raining hard and I didn't want to get soaked.

Then the dang bird returned.  And was content to perch on a muskrat hut sticking from the icy pond surface.

The the bird dismounted, walked like a drunken sailor across the ice (yes, that is how their ungraceful walk appears) and hangout on the north shoreline of the icy surface.

I took numerous videos hoping for some action to occur.

But the bird was having nothing of it and didn't put on a show.

By the time you read this hopefully the weather will have cleared and I had an opportunity to walk out there and see what the fuss was all about - if anything.  Meanwhile, I'm sill learning the ropes of this new iPhone 14 Pro - the camera that manages data communication too.....