Winter Update

Not a lot of activities to report this winter. Ever since the eaglet fledged this summer we've only occasionally seen either of the adult eagles perched upon the 520 lamp posts. Lately Ernest has been back, and it won't be too long before the eagles mate again and start all over with nesting. Winter here has been unusually dry, and while the lead up to actual winter was much colder than usual, January is warmer than average so far. Poor Ernest seems to have a bad habit of sleeping all caterwampus on his feathers, or something, because almost every time we see him he has feathers askew on his backside. He's still unusually small, even for a male eagle. Guess that means Ethel can rule the roost and perhaps chose a smaller mate since Eddie did just disappear on her, and who knows....maybe having a smaller mate gives her a bit more...J'ne sais pas. (It is so much fun to anthropomorphize like this...not to mention learning to spell that word.)