Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Yet some more Eagles

More images from the Cedar River Roller Dam area.





A WARNING for those daring to ride the dam.
DON'T!!!


To see the rest of the photos from today's outing, go to--

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

More birds

Bald Eagle was above Old River Rd SW when I took this photo. He was no more than 50 or so feet off on a tree limb

Another Eagle.


A flock of Geese bathing in the Cedar River.

Three more Bald Eagles.

Couple more. Bet there were at least 10-15 in the area
on Wednesday.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Mama Squirrel

Mama Squirrel taking care of the burrowed nest
at the end of our driveway.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Piece of RxR history

A former telegraph pole still stands near the UP mainline; took this while strolling on the Prairie Park Fishery. A piece of RxR history.


The Birds

No not the music group, but birds.

Some wild turkeys grazing near East Post Rd in Marion.






Only seen one Bald Eagle today, perched up on the south-side of the Cedar River.



A swarm of Geese.

One group of geese in "V" formation.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Nice sunrise

Dawn brings out its hues on Sunday morning(1/8/12)
at the homestead.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Halo Moon

Approximately 9:50pm CST on January 7, 2012-The moon gave out a halo over our homestead in NE Cedar Rapids, IA. A beautiful sight!!!

NOTE: Due to the size of the halo, two photos were used to give you an idea on how big it was.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Bald Eagles-1/3/12

Eagle flying over the Indian Creek Nature area.

Eagle sitting on the North-side of the Cedar River
in SE Cedar Rapids.

Another sitting on the south-side of the river
in SE Cedar Rapids.


Even a wren stops by for a photo.

More of the Eagle on the south-side shore of the Cedar River
in SE Cedar Rapids.






This gives you an idea of where the Eagle is positioned.

Another view.

A little closer.