Eagles from this summer

[Merrymeeting]

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

That is a wonderfull shot.I'm wondering though how you got a point of view shot about the same elevation as they appear to be up high in the tree?

Well I can't take credit for the shot. But I know the photographer that took it. Like many of the lots around Merrymeeting Lake, her home sits high on a steep slope above the lake. The eagle landed in a treetop downslope from her, so it was about eye level, despite being in the top of the tree.

As for whether the eagles stay around all year, I'm not sure. But I do know that the pair who nest on the Merrymeeting River were building a nest last February, and another photographer took a shot of one of them eating on the ice at some point during the winter.