Wild Bald Eagle

This guy was from our recent trip to Catalina Island in California. I knew he's a little hard to see in the tree, but I couldn't believe how close we were and he never flew away. We saw 2 bald eagles on a cliffside, though from far away in a boat, this majestic wild bald eagle from about 20 feet away, a captive bald eagle the island conservancy had nursed back to health and some non-raptor beasts like dolphins and a bison. I miss California! I think we may try to do the hawk walk again this summer upstate, though. They may have some new and different birds and I'd love to see that eagle owl again!

I <3 Raptors

OK these pics are from last summer when we went upstate and had our birds of prey day.

Sean's niece, Anja, inspired me to put some pics up.

This is me and Mandarin, a golden eagle owl.

Below is Sean with the falcon, though I forget his name. He had the prettiest blue feet.

We did tricks with the hawks, flying one of the birds in a forest between us and through trees and through loops we made with our arms. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in birds of prey. Talons! was the name of the place in upstate NY and they had the falcon, the eagle, 2 hawks and a crow. They teach you how to make the tools you use for falconry to train the birds. And you also cut up dead mice to feed to the birds.

http://www.talonsbirdsofprey.com/