Eagles On A Frosty Morning!

We headed out for a drive this morning in hopes of finding a Golden Eagle. Both the birds and the weather cooperated!

3 Bald Eagles appeared before we found a Golden Eagle. This Bald Eagle looked like a kite from a distance as it sat with its wings spread. Luckily we drove closer to check it out!

Hoar frosted distracted me in our quest for the Golden 

Eagle. The morning sunshine really intensified the crystals!

Our first glance at a Golden Eagle was a little too distant to positively identify. We later found one on the road side which flew into a tree out in the farm field. The white band across the tail and golden coloured head were diagnostic.

Just down the road we saw our first Horned Larks of the New Year. 

They surprisingly stayed close enough to the road to photograph.

Earlier in the week, I watched some large white birds bouncing in the Lake Huron waves off Canatara Beach. I had hoped for a different species but liked the photo of the 11 Mute Swans with the freighter in the background.