Eagle Over the Sebasticook

[rolanni]

...fighting the really brutal wind and being slapped out of his spiral as soon as it was established.

Special Bonus Feature: Eagle on the power pole, just a bit further up the road, snugged down low in the nest.

The accountant has been dealt with; mail has been gathered -- galleys(!) for "A Night at the Opera". Yay! _Murder by Magic_ will soon be a reality. I really want to read this anthology.

I have fallen in love with a deep green 1996 Cadillac being sold by owner in Unity. White leather interior. Department of Defense/Bangor Airport sticker on the windshield. Fifty-five hundred dollars. *Sigh*

Next up -- the midday meal, and then a conference call with Madame the Agent. After that -- we shall see.

The Nameless story has doubled in length, and is still looking to get longer before it gets shorter.

Later...

Comments

[haikujaguar.livejournal.com]

Are these real eagles or metaphorical ones?

Because to see so many real eagles... wow! I envy! :)

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Actual physical bald eagles. There's a bunch of them in the area. One day last summer, I went down to the town park and put my back to the grass, and watched six of them playing 'waaaay up against the clouds.

[haikujaguar.livejournal.com]

Oh, how wondrous! We have bald eagles in the state, but not near any of the areas I live. You have to get pretty far on the interstate to see their giant nests lining the road.

My consolation are the cranes. We have sandhill cranes and the rare and lovely whooping cranes nearby. I am enchanted by creatures that are nearly as tall as I am that can still fly. Lucky birds!

Turkey Vultures!

[unwritten-words.livejournal.com]

In New Mexico, we had these huge, black buzzards. Woe betide anyone who tried to drive down a back road with a fresh kill on it. They would hunker down and posture, and if you made bold and drove through anyway, they'd fly up and *thump* on the roof of your car. Made for interesting car trips.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

If you drive up the Airline, you'll find, just outside of Calais, an eagle sanctuary. Nesting platforms have been built and the birds take Full Advantage. Down here, they have to make do with the cross-beams of the power poles and the occasional high, rocky point.

I envy you the whooping cranes. We have Great Blue Heron and smaller, white herons for amusement. And loons. I'd love to see a whooping crane.

Re: Turkey Vultures!

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Now, that's an attitudinal bird. The closest we've come to an Avian Assault was when a hawk stooped on the car's antenna. THUMP! Scared the heck outta me. What's amazing is that the hawk flew away.

Re: Turkey Vultures!

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

I'm not so sure that it was the hawk that was the closest we've come to the vultures. In fact, I rather thnink the seaside flying rats - elsewise known as seagulls -- might be. remember sitting to diner or lunch in Belfast and seein the seagull steal food off of someone's plate?