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ADDENDUM TO LAST SUNDAY'S PHOTO-ESSAY
I saw four eagles yesterday. They roost along the Arkansas River in winter. It’s not that unusual to see one out fishing. I was messing around with my new camera, at the strip of park that runs alongside Riverside Drive on the opposite side of the river from Turkey Mountain. I had just snapped the shutter on a view of the river, when I spotted a mature adult wheeling about a quarter mile upriver. It was hopeless to try to get a shot with a little digital camera, though I did take another picture. May be there’s a speck, a few pixels worth of eagle somewhere in the blue. Then damn if I didn’t see an immature (none of that white plumage on the head) bird soaring right along until I lost him against the trees on Turkey Mountain. Thinking I might have a better chance to see the eagles up close, I got back in my car and drove upriver to the next turnout. No dice. Nothing but gulls and a heron. I did get some nice pictures along the sandbar. It wasn’t until I was driving home, that I spotted two eagles floating high over Riverside Drive. I nearly caused a wreck rubbernecking at them through the windshield.
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