[whitecree]

on hand when you need one.

I walk everyday, sometimes up to 8 or 9 miles. Just wandering around because I like to walk.

Bright and early this morning - even before the first coffee of the day, and maybe that explains why I didn't bring a camera - I walked from one end of my little village to the other where the community wharf is. I like early mornings at the wharf because it is quiet, the only noise being the water as the tide rises or falls.

I notice as I approach the wharf and eagle sitting in a hemlock tree growing close to the breakwater. He really looks like he is enjoying himself, making the branch bob up and down, for all the world like a little kid on a teeter-totter.

Come to think of it, it was a juvenile with a nice speckled pattern.

As I am watching this youngster play, my feet continue on in autopilot mode, carrying me further out onto the wharf. A motion in the corner of my eye catches my attention and I stop dead, lost in admiration.

Poppa eagle is perched on the railing not 10 feet away.

He was clearly giving me the once over, body language saying "One step closer, buddy, and I'm gone!" So I performed a fairly adequate imitation of a stone, but internally I am raging and cussing myself out for not bringing my camera.

We stood like that, me a stone, Poppa Eagle watching the world all around him, for a good fifteen minutes. He then spotted what he was waiting for, and flew off.

WAAAAAAHHH!!!!





Maybe if I staple the camera strap to my forehead...

[Dusty Buffalo]

Thanks for sharing your story. That must have been one incredible site.

Too bad about the camera. I do the same thing. Always remember it after I've left the house.

[arbarnhart]

I was up fishing in the flat tops of Colorado one time and stopped to eat my lunch on a rock. I was feeding some bits of it to a chipmunk only a few feet away when suddenly he disappeared in a blur of feathers. It was a Golden (I think). Scared me half to death.

[Thor]

Whitecree,

I read your story, and went and carved for a bit, and went over the story again in my mind. I think your words told the story better than any photograph could have. Thanks for posting it. I have only seen an eagle in the wild once in my life.
Thor

[squbrigg]

Well now you know what never to leave home without!!!

Very cool Whitecree....... a great experience! To be privilaged to be that close to an Eagle is an awesome experience. You tell the story well my friend, so a camera is really a moot point, ...... though pictures would be nice.

Don't forget tomorrow, when you go for your walk!!!!

Bob

[whitecree]

Originally Posted by Thor

Whitecree,

I have only seen an eagle in the wild once in my life.

Come visit the Wet Coast, particularly BC and Washington. There are times when there are more eagles hanging around than you can shake a stick at.



I dunno why anybody would want to shake a stick at an eagle....