I'll start with the Seven Eagles!
Right now, there are seven Bald eagles sitting on trees around our Lake Devonian, watching the hundreds of geese settled on the ice. The seven birds reflect various stages of eagle maturity - some are brown-and-white adults, with at least one mottled-brown immature eagle.
The immature eagle flew about ten feet over my head just before I came into the office to write this post - it may be immature but it is BIG!!!!! (Note: Each exclamation point represents one foot, or 30.5 cm, of estimated wingspan. Thank-you.)
The eagles are likely following the geese northward migration of the geese - sort of a gastronomic North American Tour for the eagles. Not a bad life, really - see the countryside, eat some goose, get some sun in a tree...
Speaking of geese, we have not seen any at FortWhyte yet this year, but we've had reports from a few places around Winnipeg of snow geese associated with flocks of Canada geese - hence, the clever pun in today's post title!
Incidentally, when my supervisor returned to her desk after checking out the eagles, an email had come to her inbox...offering here a ticket pre-sale for none other than The Eagles (with special guests, the Dixie Chicks), live at Canad Inns Stadium.
Here at FortWhyte, I'm not expecting to hear a "Hotel California" encore - but admission to see these eagles (with special guests, The Canada Geese) is definitely cheaper!
-BM
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