Our Resident Bald Eagle Pair
Obviously the photo is for documentation only. Well outside the useful range of my equipment.
These Bald Eagles -- assuming that it is always the same pair -- have been nesting in the woods along the Cedar River for some years now. There are two nests, and they select one or the other each year. One is on a peninsula, and is both close by and easily accessible. They used that one in 2012 and 2013.
The other is on an island out in the middle of the Cedar River. They used that one in 2014, and selected it again this year. It would be accessible only by boat...or of course by air. Prior to the 2008 flood there was a narrow land bridge to this area...but it was washed away, and there is no municipal value in reconstructing it.
Good close photos were possible when the near nest was used. Now...just documentation images.
Our Resident Bald Eagle Pair
Obviously the photo is for documentation only. Well outside the useful range of my equipment.
These Bald Eagles -- assuming that it is always the same pair -- have been nesting in the woods along the Cedar River for some years now. There are two nests, and they select one or the other each year. One is on a peninsula, and is both close by and easily accessible. They used that one in 2012 and 2013.
The other is on an island out in the middle of the Cedar River. They used that one in 2014, and selected it again this year. It would be accessible only by boat...or of course by air. Prior to the 2008 flood there was a narrow land bridge to this area...but it was washed away, and there is no municipal value in reconstructing it.
Good close photos were possible when the near nest was used. Now...just documentation images.