Eagle Viewing December 15, 2022

This was a great day to see the bald eagles at Higgins Point in Idaho.  They were flying everywhere.  I like to take pictures and the only issue was this was not a good day for pictures.  First of all there was no sun.  Not even a little so the pictures are dark.  Gray skies.  Next the trees were covered in snow for the most part so it was hard to spot the eagles in the trees.  Even though the pictures aren't great it was one of my favorite trips to see the bald eagles.  So many in flight and catching fish. I finally figured out how to use my large lens too.  

I practiced shooting eagles in flight no matter what direction they were going.  I got the tail feathers of this one.  

Still in flight and a good distance away but I got the eagle. 

More flight pictures. 

This is a beautiful view! We saw lots of bald eagles flying around this point.  

Can you find the eagle?

The road we were on is only two lanes and there are a few spots to pull over to get closer to the bald eagles.  Not always the safest thing to do.  You have to be careful of the cars passing by. 

In flight pictures from a distance.  

There are two parking lots you can land in.  One is at Higgins Point and that is the first one off the highway.  We took a lot of our pictures from that lot.  About a mile down the road there is another area to view the bald eagles.  Mineral Ridge.  There is a hiking trail at Mineral Ridge too.  You can see eagles all along this area but the two safe places to park are Mineral Ridge and Higgins Point.  

Hot chocolate hit the spot. 

There is a tree really close to the parking lot and we see bald eagles in the tree almost every time we are there.  

Dark pictures.  All these pictures would have been great if the sky wasn't gray.  I know there is a camera setting to help with this but since my camera is relatively new I haven't figured out how to adjust settings.  I should do that.  I considered coming back on a sunny day but the weather showed no sunny days for a couple of weeks. The bald eagles could be gone by then. 

My favorite moment came when we were slowly driving back to Higgins point from Mineral Ridge.  We saw a huge blade eagle flying and then it swooped down and caught a fish.  It was so big and beautiful.  Majestic I would say.  

Off to Jimmy's Down the Street for our traditional after bald eagle viewing meal. 

Good ol' fashion dining.  Just our style.