Yesterday’s post caught an eagle near Dungeness Recreation Area after a nearby field was hayed. Here’s another next to a freshly hayed field. It was one of several that hunted as haying equipment cut down tall field grasses.
Farmers begin haying in June and work long hours through the summer cutting hay, baling, and moving it to storage. Eagles pay serious attention to their work habits.
This is the time of year when many open fields in the area are hayed — the grass is cut and gathered into bales for feed. The process exposes little animals like voles and field mice and means lunch for the likes of eagles. If you’re near fields that are being hayed you can often find eagles on the wing or nearby as they take advantage of easier pickings.
Until I moved to Sequim I’d seen about three bald eagles in my life, all at great distance. It’s frankly awesome to see them regularly, and so close. This one was about 20 feet away at the Dungeness Recreation Area, next to a newly hayed field. And, naturally, it was on a day I didn’t have a telephoto lens. Tomorrow I’ll post another eagle shot.
This little bird kept hanging around and watching us while we were watching the eagles nest across the road. What kind of bird is it?
We went by to check on the eaglets over the weekend and pulled up just as Mom (or Dad?) brought a fish to them and we watched them share a meal. I didn’t have my video camera with me, but took a short video from my camera.
Thoughts go out to Larry from Los Alamos Daily Photo, I hope you and your family are safe. http://www.npr.org/2011/06/28/137468916/mandatory-evacuations-ordered-as-wildfire-threatens-los-alamos
I thought the birdhouses outside Pacific Northwest Veterinary Hospital were pretty cool and the place itself always looks so nice when I drive by.
We saw this eagle in a fresh cut field last night. I hadn’t seen coloring like this before.
I saw this nest for the first time this week. Now that I know where it is I can go back and check on them like I did last year. Here is a short video clip too.
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there and to my Dad : – )
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