Eagle in the rain

Word around town is that the eagles are gone since their nest across the road came down in a storm last year. They had a different nest a few years ago, a little bit further down the lake, that was abandoned just after we had about 4 feet of snow in late March.

I am holding out hope that they are going to stay local, because I truly enjoy spotting them right outside my window.

This youngster is about 2 or 3 years old based on what I can find online. He was not exactly right outside my window—I had to combine my iPhone with binoculars to get him to look like anything other than a big brown blur in the pouring rain.

He's perched in a tree on the back of our property by the creek, quite a distance from the former nests across the road by the lake. I hope he is more than just a visitor.