Hello from Far Above. I had to share with you the wonderful photos I took yesterday of the Bald Eagles sitting outside our kitchen window. Beth, my roommate, noticed one Eagle sitting in the tree out our window and we both grabbed our cameras and headed outside. Did I mention that it snowed 6 -8 inches of snow the night before. So in our pajamas and big boots we roamed the streets taking pictures of Eagles. There had to be at least 30 eagles within our two blocks. People came out of their houses to see what we were taking pictures of in their yards. Are these pictures not amazing? The first Eagle is so perfect for a Christmas tree Topper?!The photo with the 5 eagles in a tree made both of us sing "5 Eagles in a Tree", four calling birds, three french hens. etc. Amazing how many Eagles were in one spot. The two birds in a tree is spectacular because they represent the two birds of Alaska. The Raven is on the top branch and the Bald Eagle is on the lower branch. The next Eagle photo is slightly blurry. That is because I took this picture through my kitchen window which has a screen. Not too bad for a window shot! So while we are standing outside the teenage Eagle decided to fly away and flew right over my head. You can see the talons and beak point. He was very close. And our favorite show was taken by Beth as the Bald Eagle decided he had enough of us photographing him. Is that amazing?!!!!! We had such a great morning. That is Beth in her pajamas to show how silly we looked. The gray looking tings are frozen water bubbles on a pond. The Totem Pole is something new in our neighbor's yard. We took the pretty berry picture because it looks like it should be on note card. I am sitting in a hollowed out big tree trunk. This was a few weeks ago. If you look closely you can see my black-eye. Do you know it has been over 6 weeks and I still have some black and red marks under my eye. The last picture is the teacher sorority, DKU, of which I am keeping busy preparing for our State Convention in April.
Now for Eagle information. Those of you that just want to look at the pictures you can sign out now.
There are three species of Eagles - Bald, Golden and Stellar Sea Eagles. Bald are the most common and can always be found near a river or stream where salmon are swimming. There are about 30,000 Bald Eagles in Alaska. They are the biggest bird with a 7 foot wing-span. The Bald Eagle is the National Emblem but they are not bald. See David, not everyone can be bald and beautiful like you! Eagles select a mate for life and humans are their biggest enemy. The Eagle eats about a pound of food per day and travels about 20 miles day during the winter and 125 miles during the spring and fall to hunt food. The female Eagle is slightly bigger than the male Eagle. The premature Eagle is brown and stays brown for about 3 years. Then the white head feathers come in along with the darker under feathers.
I hope you enjoyed these spectacular pictures of Eagles. I hope you had the best Thanksgiving and were surrounded by a lot of family. David and I joined Jenna in San Francisco where she cooked our Thanksgiving dinner. She didn't enjoy preparing the turkey but she did it. She was a great cook and served a very delicious dinner. I will be home to Memphis in just a few short weeks. I hope to catch up with my Memphis friends over the holidays. Until then...... Let is snow, let it snow in Alaska!
Sheryl the Nanuq of the North.
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