The Bald Eaglets Have Fledged at Last~

Beautiful, thrilling, experience of a lifetime.  Feeling blessed, honored and a little bit sad, in that this season which came as a gift is nearing the end.  Will I have another time with these Bald Eagles next season, only time will tell.  I will miss the friends that I have made, the gentleman who let me stay and observe, the neighbors that are so kind in the area surrounding the nest site.  It has been a beautiful time.  Observing the behavior of these mighty birds, standing in awe of their majesty, and feeling weepy, whenever I would see one fly, or sometimes just chatter call, made me have goose flesh.  They are such grand birds, and I hope that these 2 beautiful, healthy Eaglets will have long lives ahead of them.  So many things create obstacles for them, just like anything else in nature.  I was fortunate to have this gift bestowed on me and shall be forever grateful.  I could have gotten even more spectacular images, but I stayed closely within my own guarded limits and did not deviate.  Now that they have fledged, I was able to move a wee bit closer, only to find one of them had gone back to nest to feed.   Many raptors will go back to nest to eat their meals for a while after they have fledged.  
Today is when we celebrate our family.  We began Family Day June of 1986 after we brought home our third daughter.  Our family was complete for the time, until grandchildren would arrive many years later.   There was 2 1/2 acres of mowing to do with a self propelled lawnmower, no rider for me.  Then the home still had Christmas stuff lying in the living room spaces, and I had to clean that up. Each person receives a little gift and then of course there is the going to market.  Why am I sharing all of this...I never got to visit very many of the blogs who shared on Wild Bird Wednesday meme as I was chasing time all over the place and the husby had Dr appointment's which ran on the same days of my 2, when my oldest daughter brought me 3 orphaned kittens, weighing 9 to 15 ounces a piece.  Add in a trip to Vet and now my beautiful dog has re-injured her front paw and she is n bed rest, as I cannot get her seen until Monday.  We can each only do so much and I really hate when this happens, and well I have spoken about how slow this laptop is...who likes molasses ;)  Happy Weekend, take care~

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I will be linking up with Judith for:

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Mosaic Monday

&

Stewart for:

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Wild Bird Wednesday

The first series of images was taken on Sunday early morning and the ones below were taken on Tuesday.  One of the Eaglets had returned to nest to eat and I got a quick snap of it in flight when it left...awesomeness.  It is in the upper 80's and 90's and they pant like other creatures do~