THIS IS A SERIES OF PHOTOS I TOOK DURING THE YEAR OF 2008. MOM AND DAD BALD EAGLE WERE FIRST SIGHTED BY ME IN EARLY MARCH. I WAS ABLE TO PHOTOGRAPH THE NESTING PAIR FROM THE HATCHING OF THE EAGLETS TILL THEY TOOK FLIGHT. MOM IS A BEAUTIFUL BIRD WHERE DAD IS RUFF AND TUFF LOOKING. I WAS ABLE TO WATCH WHEN DAD HAD TO LEAD TWO RED-TAIL HAWKS AWAY FROM THE NEST. DAD WAS A WONDERFUL PROVIDER FOR HIS YOUNG ONES AND MOM WAS SO TENDER IN HER CARE OF THEM. HOPEFULLY THESE BABIES WILL MAKE IT TO ADULTHOOD.

UPDATE: WENT BACK OUT THERE IN 2009 AND THE NESTING PAIR HAD RETURNED TO NEST. I SIGHTED MOM FLYING HIGH GUARDING THE NEST WHEN ALL THE BULLDOZERS WHERE OUT THERE NEAR THE NEST DIGGING AND PREPARING FOR THE FLOOD THAT FARGO WENT THROUGH. UNFORTUNATELY THE EAGLES LEFT WITH OUT A HATCHING. I RETURNED AFTER THE FLOOD AND SAW MOM SITTING IN THE TREE, BUT NO BABIES AS THE SEASON WAS TOO LATE. HOPEFULLY NEXT SPRING THEY WILL RETURN AGAIN.