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Name: fwren
Interests: Jesus Christ ~ my Lord and Savior, family, friends, birds, books (especially antique books), babies, home, genealogy, the ocean, ferns, playing Scrabble and 42,antiquing, old cemeteries, poetry, writing, designing,travel, photography, crossword puzzles,sunrises and sunsets, watching it snow.
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5/23/2006
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of eagles
and herons
About 20 minutes from our home, a pair of eagles have a nest
that has been attracting a lot of attention from those
driving across the nearby highway bridge.
We stopped by there on Saturday afternoon to see what we could see.
The sun’s glare certainly wasn’t conducive to getting good photographs,
but I just aimed the camera in the general direction
of the eagles and their nest, hoping for the best.
So, I was glad to see I had at least captured a few photos
of the eagles when I brought them up on the computer.
These photos are greatly cropped and darkened,
but you can at least see them!
 
About a mile from our home, an abandoned eagle's nest
has now been taken over by great blue herons.
I walked and walked from a couple different points,
trying to get as close as possible.
One day, when I drove out there,
I saw a fox casing out the Canada goose population.
Getting closer for a better shot was not an option;
he was not liking my presence one bit.
I could see the heron far away ~ across the pond.
 The herons were together on the nest on one particular day.
These shots were from the closest vantage point I could access.
After I snapped a few photos from that spot,
they spooked and flew across the pond.
I thought I would get back for more pictures another day, but so far, I haven’t made it, even though they are so close to us. I’m not sure why ~ 
Have a beautiful week, everyone! (and be sure to check out the links below) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ “Is there anything of which one can say,
‘Look! This is something new?’ It was here already, long ago; . . .” (NIV) Ecclesiastes 1:10
TGBTG
I have a suggestion if you enjoy watching birds
but cannot do it from where you are, or even if you can.
Watch these live webcams of nesting birds;
watch them on full screen with your sound turned up.
You will be blessed!
Great blue herons ~ Ithaca, NY
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/page.aspx?pid=2433 Red-tailed hawks ~ Ithaca, NY
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/Page.aspx?pid=2422&ac=ac&utm_source=Cornell+Lab+eNews&utm_campaign=48964f52af-eNews_HawkBirdCam_March_2012&utm_medium=email Bald eagles ~ Decorah, Iowa
http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles
Bald eagles ~ Minnesota http://www.mnbound.com/live-eagle-cam
Falcons ~ Minnesota
http://www.ustream.tv/greatspiritblufffalcons
Loons ~ Minnesota
http://www.ustream.tv/looncam
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Sharing Grandkiddo Sayings
Just had to share a couple things the little grandkids said.
We didn’t think we would be with any of our family on Easter this year,
but were pleasantly surprised by our youngest son’s family
when their plans for the weekend got postponed.
We were so grateful to have their help with weeding and mulching
our flowerbeds on Saturday ~ it would have taken us more than one day
to finish the task by ourselves ~ so nice to have it finished.
We took time out to take littlest grandson to the egg hunt at the park.
He was thrilled to meet this big guy.
On Sunday, we stopped at my sister’s place for a few minutes to show him
their sheep. He introduced himself (and me) to them by saying,
“Hi sheep! I’m Jordan and this is Grandma!” 
And this was shared from our daughter-in-law:
Our youngest granddaughter said to her, “Mom, Mary was sooo lucky.”
When her mother asked, “Why do you think so?”
with awe on her little face, she replied,
“Because she actually got to kiss God’s face. That’s so neat!”
Awwww ~ out of the mouths of babes ~ 
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“Children’s children are the crown of old men . . .”
(and old women too!)
Proverbs 17:6
TGBTG
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