Before we were so beautifully interrupted by the cardinal seige, I was conteplating the continuation of an eagle search. I’d already been to the Great Lakes National Cemetary where I’d seen, from far away, the resident eagle and his nest. But it was still early and a beautiful day, maybe another eagle was waiting to be discovered at my favorite park.

Should I go look for it? Well of course I should.
So after some more mental arguing about other things I could be doing, mostly involving housework, I jumped back in the car and headed south to Kensington where eagles had been sighted at the heron rookery.

Not that I thought I’d be so lucky to find one there in the early afternoon. But it’s my favorite park and how could I go wrong, I knew I’d find something!

I took my time driving through the park, pulled up leisurely in a parking spot at the nature center. Even sat there awhile and looked at the eagle pictures I already had in my camera.
Then I looked up and spotted a big bump in the top of a tree. And me quite a ways away, with the wrong lens on the camera. Talk about unprepared.

I hustled over there, stopped at the first bench on the boardwalk and switched my lens, hoping he’d stick around long enough for me to get a shot, even if it wasn’t optimum.

He did. And he watched me the whole time too.

And apparently, when I took too long, he decided he’d had enough and he flew away…

…way over to a dead tree on the other side of the lake. With his back to those of us still photographing from the boardwalk.

I stayed and talked with another photographer while we waited to see where he’d go next. We hoped he’d come back to the rookery, but he decided to take a trip over to the back side of the lake where he was a tiny spot in the sky, lazily circling, checking out lunch prospects.

So I walked a bit on the trails, but they were covered in slippery ice and I was wearing old sneakers, so I didn’t stay long. I did manage to get some shots of some other, very cute, birds while I was there, and I’m sharing most of them here.

But..wait…did I show you the blue jays? Or the swans? No? Well, you have to see those. I guess another birdy type post is in order.
You can’t see too many birds…right?
Right.

January 24, 2022 at 11:07 am
You wouldn’t be wearing sneakers here, your toes would frozen. Great shots, as always.
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January 24, 2022 at 11:11 am
I have cleats somewhere in the basement that I could have put on boots…but nooooooo….
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January 24, 2022 at 11:39 am
Wonderful!
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January 24, 2022 at 8:27 pm
Thank you!
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January 24, 2022 at 12:48 pm
Great pictures, once again! thank you.
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January 24, 2022 at 8:28 pm
You are so welcome!
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January 24, 2022 at 2:33 pm
Oh, those adorable little head feathers!!! I am so glad you photographed this little cutie. The wrong lens…how many times does that happen to me, too?! Aggravating–especially when you know the birds are laughing at you! Great photos, great captions, Dawn.
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January 24, 2022 at 8:28 pm
I almost always have the wrong lens on the camera.
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January 24, 2022 at 2:35 pm
Oh, I’ld wish I could see eagle’s closer up for my last painting (my first time to add a big bird in one of my paintings) to see the body and the pattern of the feathers when it flies. Also love the demure little bird in your last image. Great captures, Dawn:)
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January 24, 2022 at 8:29 pm
There were several shots of this eagle in this tree that were posted to the Michigan Wildlife facebook site…so I know lots of people with much bigger lenses had been out there and that he must have sat still for quite awhile before I showed up!
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January 24, 2022 at 3:13 pm
Wow, more eagle pictures — I love them. And I’m especially enamored of that little guy with his head feathers — what a cutie! And the dove. And that chubby one with the white breast — all stunning!
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January 24, 2022 at 8:29 pm
Wasn’t that little guy cute? It’s the same bird as the one that waved a wing at me.
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January 24, 2022 at 7:50 pm
Never too many birds… Well, at least you saw and photographed the eagle, even if he wasn’t the most cooperative model of all time…
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January 24, 2022 at 8:30 pm
Haven’t really met a cooperative model eagle. Yet.
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January 24, 2022 at 11:15 pm
The eagle, of course, is majestic, but the little bird with the outstretched wing stole my heart.
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January 25, 2022 at 1:06 am
I know. Me too.
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January 26, 2022 at 8:52 am
I like that bird with his wing up, too. Hey lady! The small ones are just as cool as the big ones. I remember the native american wheel teachings. The eagle flies in the eastern direction, but the mouse teaches us in the southern.
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January 26, 2022 at 11:16 am
When I was taking pictures of the little sparrow on the ground it was mostly just to take pictures of SOMETHING….but then when I looked at them later I realized how cute he was.
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January 28, 2022 at 11:56 am
That’s so awesome there are eagle’s at your parks!! And never too many birds, love your posts!! 💞
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January 28, 2022 at 3:54 pm
I know! It’s so cool!
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