Eagles

2009 January 06

by Tyler

This morning the 4 of us went out to the Homer Spit to watch some eagles.

Homer is somewhat known for the “Eagle Lady”. She has been feeding eagles everyday for a long, long time. It is illegal to feed eagles in Alaska, but she has been given a permit by the state to feed them until 2010 because she has been doing it for so long.

Today there were easily over 100 eagles within a few feet of our car. Part of me wanted to get out of the car…the other part of me saw how big their tallions and beaks were and I didn’t want to lose my head.

Here is a video of the elegant eagles (Video Embedded!!!)

[Vimeo=http://www.vimeo.com/2746080]

Now for some amazing pictures. These probably paint a better picture of how beautiful these birds are (if you want to see blown up versions of the pictures you have to click on the picture, then click on the picture again).

These birds are so elegant and beautiful. It was incredible to watch so many of them this morning.

I’ve added pictures from our trip to Flickr and Facebook. There are links to those pages on the right.

(HT: My mother in law took all the pictures)

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http://melindalgroth.blogspot.com/ Melinda Groth

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for posting this! I am an avid birder and this just takes my breath away! So MANY! What an amazing experience that must have been!
http://www.randymooney.com randy

Hey Tyler, I imagine that was a pretty sweet experience!
http://www.jenniclayville.com Jenni Clayville

these pictures make me want to duck and cover.
http://www.aworshipfulheart.typepad.com janowen

gorgeous. can’t imagine seeing it up close. doesn’t God just rock your world when you see all he’s made? I know you’re feeling that!
http://melindalgroth.blogspot.com/ Melinda Groth

So…she has to stop feeding them next year? Abruptly stopping?
http://manofdepravity.com Tyler

There are rumors that she is stopping after this summer. But I think that she will pass on this thing to someone else and the state will allow it for that person as well. I just don’t see the state totally abandoning when it brings in tourists and is good for the birds.
http://klampert.com klampert

holy crap…those are some amazing photos…I so want to go there