I saw a great bird today! I was fixing my second cup of coffee and looking out the kitchen window toward the east field when I noticed a large bird flying over there. At first I thought it might be a great blue heron; it was about the right size and I have seen them fly over before. I grabbed my binoculars to get a better look. It was a bald eagle! I have only ever seen a bald eagle one other time, about 25 years ago in Wisconsin (Elizabeth might remember that. We and George and Terry were canoeing on a local river near the Smiths' cabin. Besides the bald eagle, we also encountered a hail storm.) It flew pretty low over the field, then flew toward the shop and disappeared. I was able to get a great look at it.
I keep a 2-liter soft drink bottle filled with birdseed out by the shop. There is a special fitting you can buy in hardware stores that converts the soft drink bottle into a feeder. The birds that frequent my feeder include: house sparrows, brown-headed cowbirds, bluejays, cardinals, slate-sided juncos, red-bellied woodpeckers, and white-breasted nuthatches. Other common birds on the farm are robins, bluebirds, hairy or downy woodpeckers, red-tailed hawks, crows, tufted titmice, house finches.
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That's really exciting. I can just imagine how amazing it must have been to see such a magnficent bird. Like Mom, the only bald eagle I've ever seen was injured and in captivity. Even with a busted wing, I remember it being very regal.
Posted by Jfer | January 31, 2003 8:51 AM
Posted on January 31, 2003 08:51
Oh no! does this mean I owe you $10? More importantly, does this also mean you dodged a sloppy kiss from at least one of your sisters?
The only time I have seen a bald eagle is in the FW zoo. There was a story last week in the FW paper about one that was found injured in Denton county. It was taken to a bird care center and is reported to be recovering.
Congratulations on your first post!
Posted by Rita | January 30, 2003 6:46 PM
Posted on January 30, 2003 18:46
Wow--a bald eagle, that is so cool! Sometime when you are here during the wintertime, we'll have to do the riverboat tour that goes by the bald eagle nesting sites here in Central Texas. It's on the same boat that Mom took Grama Sprong on a long time ago for a birthday present.
And when mentioning the birds on the farm, don't forget that amazing vibrant bird that I saw last time I was there, even if it doesn't feed from your bird feeder. Was it a Baltimore Oriole? It was the most beautiful, colorful bird I've ever seen.
Posted by Elizabeth | January 30, 2003 1:06 AM
Posted on January 30, 2003 01:06