Oh what a beautiful morning...

The sky is full of cotton-ball clouds, the lake slightly roiled on the north side of the 520 Bridge (the way it always is during fair weather) and the sun is shining through on this promisingly warm early March morning. We awoke to 50 degrees today, surpassing the high mark we've struggled to meet on any but a handful of the days since November. I drove across the bridge at 9 am and there was Ethel on the light post she favors just west of the western high rise. Then upon my return both Ethel and Edgar were perched on the light post directly across the bridge deck from where she had been earlier. Just before I pulled evenly with the pair Ernest took off to chase some crows away from the exclusive dominion of the eagles, and Ethel stayed put. So it would appear that she is not yet sitting on a nest in The Arboretum. This warmish weather we are enjoying, however, might just be the encouragement the eagles need toward thoughts of love.