I’ve been meaning to share with you what I saw about a month ago.  I had gone down to the road to check the mailbox.  I looked to my right and I saw it sitting in a big tree an eighth of a mile away.  If you look at the winter banner shot which is up now, this would be on the left side just past the jog in the road.

I knew it wasn’t a vulture.  It’s too early for them.  It was too big to be a hawk.  It was even larger than the bald eagles that I see around here.  Something startled him and he took to wing.  That’s when I saw his tail feathers, which allowed me to identify him later as an immature golden eagle.

This is not my photo — I found it online

I’ve only seen the golden eagle here in winter.  And that rarely.  He is an awesome bird.

Less than two weeks later, I was looking out the window when I saw our neighborhood bald eagle.  Fortunately, Sylvia saw him (or was it her?) too.

Also not my photograph

The neighbor a quarter mile south of us says he sees bald eagles regularly.  Here, I see them occasionally.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a northern goshawk.  There are other hawks, which I’ve been unable to identify.  The red-tails are common around here in warm weather.

In a week and a half, we’ll be back on daylight saving time.  Can spring be far away?