January 7, 2015 in Bald Eagle
While navigating the very cold weather on Wednesday morning, had a nice opportunity to make a quick check for Bald Eagles along the Merrimack. Bumped into Doug Fernandes, a UMASS Lowell student preparing to graduate. Doug made numerous trips to Lawrence last winter and captured a number of terrific photos of Bald Eagles including a handful of keepers of an adult Bald Eagle with a transmitter and antenna on its back. We had an unexpected surprise while watching an adult perched on the North Andover side of the river. It launched into flight headed a short distance to the west, circled back and landed on the opposite of the river in Lawrence near the ball field. After circling, we had a few moments for photos, even with eagle at quite a distance. Later, the photos indicated a transmitter and antenna. NICE! Hope to capture more photos later with leg band numbers so that we might learn more about this Bald Eagle! A few more photos posted: http://www.pbase.com/birdshots/image/158758020 Click “next” upper right to advance!
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