tennistime99
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Looks like a Rorschach test, or an M. C. Escher drawing.Another one from the archives, in early 2013. In 2011 the Missouri River flooded in a spectacular way. One of the side effects was that it formed a huge sandbar near some public land. The sandbar was large enough that large flocks of waterfowl overwintered there for a few years (the sandbar has since been basically washed away). The huge flocks of waterfowl attracted a lot of eagles, and there are still many nests in the area, and I think this big flock helped jump start the eagle population here. There were a few eagles before, but only a very few. Now, off the top of my head, I know of five nests, and I've found two new ones (to me at least) in the past few months.
The sound of such a large flock taking off is something completely unique.
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Not my best image ever, but it was very neat to watch these birds while they were around. It was surprisingly hard to get close to them.