King of the Post

On Friday, January 31, we spent some time at Baskett Slough, west of Salem. We were in the right spot at the right time and got to spend almost an hour watching a Bald Eagle couple and almost 1,000 photos. For the first 5 minutes we got to watch them in action as they interacted with each other and swooped over the surface of the water. What a wonderful treat.

This series of photos are actually 2 different sets. The first set, consisting of 10 photos, is the female as she takes over the post that the male is sitting on and forces him to leave. The rest of the photos are his return, after a few circuits around the pond, and his attempt to take the post back. She doesn’t budge and he is forced to find somewhere else to sit.