Bald Eagle - Photograph

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I took that photograph at Perry's Mill Pond in Fairfield, CT this past week.

Although it's hard to tell from that photograph, that is a Bald Eagle. I was like the cliche deer in the headlights when I spotted this bird in flight in the sky. It was doing a fly over, probably heading closer to the shoreline. I only managed to get one photo before he was gone. But what a thrill to see this beautiful bird, which is slowly making a comeback here in Connecticut! The pond here was frozen, so there was no fishing to be done.

"Babylon Is Fallen (Vertical)" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.24.

This is a companion piece to the horizontal one.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

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I won't bother with any explanation of this art piece. The United States has become too polarized on all topics, for me to say anything, about anything, anymore.

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9/11 Surveillance State Day

December 24, 2004, Iraq: Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense: "...the people who attacked the United States in New York, shot down the plane over Pennsylvania and attacked the Pentagon..." (CNN Transcripts)

December 27, 2004, Washington DC: Pentagon spokesman: "Rumsfeld misspoke on Flight 93 crash" (CNN)

September 26, 2008 (First McCain-Obama Presidential Debate): U.S. Senator Barack Obama: "Nobody talked about attacking Pakistan. Here's what I said [previously]. And if John [McCain] wants to disagree with this, he can let me know, that, if the United States has Al Qaida, [Osama] bin Laden, top-level lieutenants in our sights, and Pakistan is unable or unwilling to act, then we should take them out [in Pakistan]."

May 2, 2011: Abbottabad, Pakistan: U.S. military kills Osama bin Laden, who had been living in Pakistan for nine years at that point in time. [Obama was amazingly prescient back in 2008.]

"Babylon Is Fallen" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.24.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

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I won't bother with any explanation of this art piece. The United States has become too polarized on all topics, for me to say anything, about anything, anymore.

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You let your guard down.
I couldn't wait to knock you out.
Were you surprised?
Oh my God.
Here we are.
Do you believe it?

Were you surprised (Oh my God) - Royal Cinema


All we do
Crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind

Dust In The Wind - Kansas

Large Bird - Possible Bald Eagle / Flying Away / Blurry - Photograph

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I took those photographs at Sherwood Island State Park in Westport, CT this past week.

I spotted a large bird flying, which looked like it had a white head, so I tried to get photos of it. Unfortunately the only two I got were blurry, and he was flying away, so I can't tell whether or not this was a Bald Eagle, which are making a come back in Connecticut.

Possible Bald Eagle - Photograph

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This is 1 of 2 posts of photographs that I took at the reservoir in Easton, CT this past week.

Is this my first photograph of a Bald Eagle?!

Bald Eagles are rare in Connecticut, but they are slowly making a come back.

I spotted this bird high in the sky above the reservoir, and saw a white tail distinctly. I also thought I saw a white head, but then he flew out of range. He was circling rapidly, so it was hard to zoom in on him, but I managed to get this one photo. I would love to get feedback from everyone. I think this is definitely a Bald Eagle, which makes it the first photograph I've ever gotten of one, which is thrilling beyond words! What does everyone else think: Bald Eagle, or no?

If it is a Bald Eagle, the even better news is because it is now May (i.e. not Winter anymore), this bird might have a nest nearby, which also means it will probably return each year to this site to nest.

In Feb 2009, a Bald Eagle pair was filmed at this same location, out on the ice:

Bald Eagles at Reservoir Easton, CT, Feb 2009

A news article said that in Jan 2014, a Bald Eagle was feeding on a dead deer on the ice in Monroe, CT, which is a few miles Northeast of this location:

Coyote & Bald Eagle Share Venison, Monroe, CT, Jan 2014

The first photo is my entry for the following:

Wild Bird Wednesday