These next few posts are going to be of the images in the 2020 Eagles & Eaglets calendar with some background behind each of the photos.
We’ll start with the December 2019 image (which is also on the cover). This image was from late April 2019 and captures (what I believe to be) the adult male. The male and female were both sitting in the top of the tree by the nest with the recently hatched eaglets, and he took off to fly east to the river and grab some grub for the little ones.
Sadly, he would only be around for about another month or so before he was struck by a vehicle west of the nesting area; he did not survive. It was a very sad day for everyone who follows this very special eagle’s nest.