… in the early morning a friend and I will be traveling down to Lake Pleasant to see what is going on and although it is very unlikely that we would recognize any of the birds from last year I am rooting for the Bald Eagle fledgling pictured above. The mortality rate for first year bald eagles is a little over 50% which is better than for most raptors. This shot was taken just a couple of weeks after he left the nest … likely about 12 to 15 weeks old and he is full size already. In about four more years he will be sporting the familiar plumage of an adult bald eagle with the iconic white head and tail feathers. Heading down there on Thursday too … water level up 19 feet from the last time down there.
The photo below is of Pt Reyes in California and a great memory. The light house observation deck is about 800′ above the Pacific Ocean and on this day the fog constantly came in and then retreated … several California Condors cruised by and I have some wonderful shots of them too … a place I need to return to.
Have a wonderful day tomorrow … only you can make it so!
Cheers,
Ted
O’er the din of the world and the strife of men, let
rise the symphonies of eternal peace. Resurrect them
that slumber in graves of gold; and deliver humanity
from those cruel conventions that are but the husks
of virtue. Make kindness king, and teach us that good
deeds are greater than philosophy. To tired men that
daily tread the crowded streets give Thou a place of
sweet repose at night; and fill with love the hearts
of lonely women. Bring forth sweet babes from out
the arms of each, to light with joy the byways of the
earth.
Thou great God, uphold me also in the lonely hour;
and though I fall in the din and dust of the world,
resurrect Thou me. Even to the last, turn my hands
to kindly service, and part my lips in gleeful songs
of love. And in the softly falling dark, when all grows
strangely still, may I be glad to have trod the sweet
green earth, and known the tender touch of love. Yet
may I depart with joy, as one who journeys home at
evening.
excerpt from An Easter Prayer by Max Ehrmann
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2 Comments
thank you for making this article very useful and keep up the good work
Yes great article and photos! The raptors have certainly been out in force this year. I see all manner of hawks, osprey, kestrel and even a couple bald eagles in the immediate vicinity of Sedona. Also have seen numerous Great Horned and Bard Owl mostly west of us though. A few years back I had the great fortune of seeing a CA Condor flying above Sedona apparently en route to CA as it is my understanding that some of the transplants in the Oak Creek and Grand Canyons don’t adapt and instinctively find their ways back to where they came from, likely San Diego’s Zoo.