Bald Eagle

The Eagle 

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;

Close to the sun in lonely lands,

Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.

                                             -Alfred, Lord Tennyson

 

 

The neighbor called to let us know there was an eagle in the field across the road. We grabbed our coats and camera and quickly, but quietly snuck up on this beautiful young eagle. We sat quietly, trying not to disturb her. Unmoved by cars stopping to watch and children sitting under trees, she kept to her business of nourishing herself for the cold days ahead.

We've never been so close to an eagle before. We were far enough away, though, that we couldn't see her details. Once the wind blew us into the house, we looked at our pictures, and were able to see just how beautiful she truly was. God made an amazing bird of prey when He created the eagle.