Sunday, March 28, 2010

The Eagle and its pet rock

Was this young bald eagle pretending that this little rock was a fish, or or was it just playing king of the castle?


Who knows?  Anyway it gave me and my camera ample time to record its high jinks. In fact I was able watch from about 30 feet away for a full 5 minutes, before it decided to amble away looking for better game (pun intended) on an adjacent sandbar.

There are quite a few eagles to be seen at Rathtrevor Beach near Parksville on Vancouver Island at this time of year. They congregate here to prey on the flocks of Brant Geese which have stopped to fatten up on the herring roe as they migrate between Southern Mexico and Northern Alaska.

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