Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Memory of Vacation: Eagle.

The lake that my parents live on in Michigan has had a ton of wildlife this year, including no less than 3 loons, who are out during the daytime and call a lot.

An eagle has been around, too, and one day when I was looking at the lake and talking with my mom, it swooped out of nowhere and dove to the surface of the lake fifty feet out in front of our house, reeled up, went in for a 2nd dive, came up with a fish, and flew off behind trees toward the edge of our property that blocked our sight.

It was like noon when this happened, and we could hear tourists shouting and clapping after it got the fish.

The lake is pretty built up all the way around, so that's almost what makes everything so much more surprising.

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