big birds ~

Sesame Street has it's Big Bird ... and I have mine ... the eagles, ravens and hawks :)

They fly down to dine on the beaver carcasses that we had from trapping season. We put them out in the woods to discard of them; and put a trail camera on them to see what cleans them up.   To save you the displeasure of seeing the gory beavers I tried to crop and clone them out of the pictures ... and just leave the birds ... thus the reasoning for some of the funky looking ground they are standing upon.

I was hoping to get some pictures of wolves, coyotes, bobcats or bear ~ but the card filled up fast with hundreds of photos of crows and ravens flying past it ... oh well ... it is what it is.

I think this one is a juvenile red tail hawk ... but not sure.  I do know it's some kind of hawk though and not a juvenile eagle by it's beak and the white feathers on it's legs.  It's also a bit smaller than the female or juvenile eagles.

notice the difference ... this is a juvenile eagle ... note the heavier beak and brown leg feathers ~

nice wing span ~

The eagles and hawks are such awesome birds and I feel very privileged to be able to see them flying over the house on a daily basis and to be able to capture them in the wild on the trail camera when I can.

The following three photos are from two years ago ... I just thought I'd share them again ~ just because I can :)

Until next time ...
So it goes in my neck of the woods.
~mel