Saturday morning Paul and I were in Sheffield Mills, NS for the annual Eagle Watch. At a designated field the local chicken farmers feed the eagles. That morning we arrived at 0800hr. At 0815 a farmer delivered some dead chickens to the site. We waited and waited and waited but none of the eagles were interested. A gentleman next to me was from Ontario. He had been at the field on Friday when the farmers had fed them....he waited 5 hours and not one eagle was interested. There were people from around NS, as well as NB and PEI.
At around 1015 hr. the farmer came with more chickens. Then the activity began. The seagulls began circling over head and then 3 eagles joined in. They circled for about 20 minutes and then the first eagle swooped down and tried to grab a chicken off the ground but with no luck. Then others came and before we knew it there were 10-15 on the ground and as many still in the trees. They fed for approx. 1 hour.
He has his lunch.
Between Paul and I we took approx. 700 pictures....it's so easy with a digital camera and today I narrowed it down to 260. I'll have to narrow it even more....it's so hard to do.
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