SLIDE ALERT
I live in a semi-rural county of Maryland very close to the Chesapeake Bay. Our white tail deer population is rather large, and seeing a dead one by the side of the road is rather common. Every winter, we have at least one sighting of a bald eagle feasting on one of these carcasses, sometimes in the company of vultures.
In early March, I was driving to the grocery store and spotted a lone bald eagle with a carcass barely off the shoulder of the road. I slowly approached him, driving ever so slowly on the shoulder, snapping pictues with my phone through the windshield. I was amazed to find that it wasn’t until the front of my car was withing about 5 feet of him that he felt he needed to move.
I got my phone ready to get a good shot of him taking flight. But he opted, instead, to hop into to some nearby brush. I could barely see him, and I would not have spotted him in there if I had not witnessed his entering the brush.
After apologizing for interrupting his lunch, I drove off.
Such a privilege to witness this magnificent sight.
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“In early March, I was driving to the grocery store and spotted a lone bald eagle with a carcass barely off the shoulder of the road. “
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That’s pretty awesome. We have Red Tailed Hawks which I think are spectacular and owls. And a Eucalyptus forest lol. Once, my grandson asked me if we had any bears in our forest lol (5 acres) and I said.. “I don’t know.” He asked if we could go look. I said.. “Maybe.” (no bears lol) He said.. “Don’t be scared, Nana, I’ll be with you.” I about died.. but just smiled. He was 4 at the time.
Petey