BirdingGirl

I have been so busy planning my September 10th wedding but that's no excuse for slacking on posting the rest of my pictures from our amazing trip to Washington State and Vancouver. So far I've done just one post from that trip- my Pigeon Guillemot pictures . But I have many more pictures from that trip to Hope Island, including these up-close-and-personal pictures of American Bald Eagles. Hope Island is the ideal bald eagle habitat. It's an isolated state park, accessible only by boat and as a result it's a "natural area preserve to protect a rare Puget Sound ecosystem," according to the Washington State Parks website. We'll attest to that- the island is really remarkable. We walked around the entire thing, and there were so many different habitats there- meadows, forests, fields, rock outcroppings, and sandy beaches. We first encountered the bald eagles first in the meadow high atop the bluff overlooking the water below. Then as we made our w...