Nesting Bald Eagles!

For the past two years, I have been observing and documenting the nest of Great Horned Owls.  Each year Mama and Papa would successfully raise three Owlets.  I know where the nursery tree is that the Owlets use to practice their flying skills and the pre-school tree is where they watch and learn how to hunt from their parents.  I never know where they go after they graduate from pre-school....

This year, because of the severe storms and flooding in our area, the usual nesting tree lost all of last years nests built by other raptors...(GHO's do not build their own nests, they take over nests and basically destroy them because they are so large) 

Since I am unable to find the owls, I was fortunate to find a Bald Eagle nest!  My first visit was awesome.  I found Mama setting on the nest, saw her very carefully stand up and move off to the side to feed what could be a recently hatched eaglet.  She then flew around where I could get a picture of her taking off from a branch that was not strong enough to support her.  I also got a picture of Papa taking off from his perch to fly into the nest to relieve Mama.