Colorado National Parks and Historical Parks Nature Picture of the Day

Bald Eagles, Green River, Colorado

DrFumblefinger 12/26/225:00 AM

I never tire of seeing bald eagles. Once endangered, they have recovered so that seeing them is far from a rarity.

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We came across this bald eagle sitting on a tree during a rafting trip down the Green River. The bird just watched raft after raft float by. Photography was a bit of a challenge as we were moving, but I'm reasonably pleased with the photos.

The images below were taken further downriver and show a bald eagle sitting in its massive nest of sticks atop a tree. Don't know if there was a chick in there, but probably soon there would be one.

(bald eagle resting in its nest)

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