The female was still on the nest and you can actually see her tail hanging out in the above photo.
A little further down the road a few were found gritting in the road.
Incredible how tame these birds can be.
As I was watching the crossbills I happened to notice a large bird approaching from the south.
It was a juvenile Golden Eagle. Heading back up north on today's southerly winds.
As it came closer, the small white ovals at the base of the inner primaries were visible.
You can also see the "serrated" trailing edge of the wing. Another juvenile trait.
Back at Partridge Run WMA, I found a group of River Otters in one of the ponds that the ice was finally starting to go out on.
The fishing looked to be great and they were stuffing themselves with fish.
An adult Bald Eagle flew over as the otters fished below.
River Otters do very well in this area. It's tough to get a good look at them most of the time as they are very wary of people. These shots were fairly distant.
They also took a break to roll in a patch of snow and play around a little bit.
After their break was over, it was back into the water to do some more fishing.
They would occasionally hop back up on the ice and then slide back into the water. This one actually has some vegetation around it's neck. It sure didn't slow it down at all.
A good mammal sighting for today.
I stopped by the Common Raven nest. Sure enough, a couple of the eggs had hatched and now we have nestlings.
And then on to the Northern Goshawk nest. The nest has been under construction the last few days so I figured I'd check on it. The female was busily working on it when I got there. I watched her carefully adding another stick to it and trying to weave it into just the right position. Everything was fine until she realized I was watching her. I got the "evil eye" and I'm probably going to pay for this in the future.
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