“… they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31
Though owls are my true favourite, I always enjoy the eagles I see here. Last year at this spot, I enjoyed watching a family of 4, two parents and two juveniles. This day, I only saw the one juvenile.
You can understand the reference to the “eagle eye”. So aware of their surroundings, they sit aloft spying for movement, heads turning for a 360 view of all that is going on. They see through the branches and undergrowth, and know just when to lift off, their timing so perfect. Effortlessly, their wing span extends, and just as easily, they land again (not always as gracefully. But they are most impressive, of course, when in flight.
Silently, they go about their business. From time to time they are nagged by cawing crows, often in groups … yet, they soar on and are not disturbed.
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