Watching the Eagles and Being Amazed

http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

It's an amazing site. If you are a fan of bald eagles, which I am, it's awe-inspiring.

This eagle mom, you see, laid three eggs. Two have hatched in front of our watching eyes. Another is...about to hatch. Any day now. Any moment, actually. Watching her feed her eaglets, those little squeaking clumps of grey with their black faces, tumbling around the nest, reaching up with wide-open beaks to take the food Mom or Dad offers (right now it looks like morsels of fish and maybe rabbit) darn near brings tears to my eyes. And makes me laugh out loud.

Bald eagles are wonderful creatures. Viciously strong. Graceful. Beautiful. And incredibly frustrating to photograph. I whipped around on a pontoon boat and snapped the picture shown above from waist level in the one moment I had before that particular eagle swooped out of sight above Trout Lake, Wisconsin last summer.

But the site noted above provides live, near-broadcast quality video of the eagles' nest. Eagles 24-7.

If you're not the fan I am, the Raptor Resource Project (http://www.raptorresource.org/) site in Decorah, Iowa, may not do much for you.

For me it's a connection with nature and a way to observe one of the more incredible creations of Our Creator.