We first went to the Melvin Price Lock and Dam just south of the Clark Bridge. The bumpy white things in the foreground are really birds---gulls I think. In addition to gulls, we saw pelicans, trumpeter swans and eagles roosting in the trees.
As we were getting ready to leave, an eagle flew over our car and roosted in a tree nearby.
We head up the Great River Road toward Grafton. The Mississippi River was beautiful with the ice. That dark spot to the left of the top of the mirror is probably an eagle.
Despite the ice packed river, barges were getting through.
Another eagle flew over us.
But, most of them were on the ice---we saw dozens between Alton and Grafton, just sitting on the ice, waiting for fish to swim through narrow channels of open water. The ice chunks sparkled like broken glass---it was almost magical.
These eagles were maybe 50 yards from the road (note car mirror)---I watched them dip into that narrow little channel of water and scoop up fish.
Dave and I agreed, this was a wonderful trip for us that we'll be sure to repeat next year---all of this beauty only an hour away! (We have seen eagles before in Alaska and Florida, but this was even more beautiful and majestic with the ice and the rivers!)
2 comments:
ahhhhhhhh there's the famous FB profile pic! i wondered where it came from! :)
The photo was totally accidental. After I got home, I thought---hmm--FaceBook photo--since you and Reebs nixed the other one I suggested!
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