January 6^th 2007

Eagles on Range Ponds

2007 has been so warm that there isn’t even any ice on the Range Ponds. People have been saying they have flowers and blossom already.

That morning we woke up to temperatures in the low fifties. We were looking out on the lake and saw Dipper Ducks up and down looking for something to eat. Dipper Ducks, a small water bird: a small plain-colored bird that lives beside rivers and can swim and dive.

I mean most years people are out on the lake in fish houses or even cars and trucks, ice fishing.

All of a sudden, while watching the ducks and talking about how warm it has been, we saw three eagles circling over the top of where the ducks were feeding.

Every now and then, one of the eagles would tire and would fly into the tops of the pine trees in front of our home.

For awhile we thought we were on one of those animal shows.