So now I have something to add to this....
I thought the eagles were playing, but after looking through the
pictures, I think they were attempting to catch that scoter. That would
explain why it was acting exhausted, because the eagles were diving and
playing for a good twenty minutes out there.
Here is a pic of the two eagles and the black blob in the bottom center
is the scoter.
http://fynefoto.phanfare.com/6371566#imageID=207542277
I should have looked through all the pics first.
Barbara
Barbara Houston wrote:
I went down to City Point to sit and eat lunch today (in the truck) and saw a pair of bald eagles playing out on the river. I grabbed the camera and walked to the dock and watched the immature pair playing about 100 yards down river. There were plenty of cormorants flying around, all kinds of gulls, a pied bill grebe, one bufflehead, and then I spotted this blob of black about 100 yards out in the channel. I took a pic and zoomed in to see what it was and was surprised to see it was a duck/bird of some kind. It moved steadily toward me and after about ten minutes it was right up in front of me maybe ten yards away. It was a white-winged scoter. It was a gorgeous bird and seemed to be looking for a place to rest. It went up to the north end of the deck and over near the rocks and seemed content to stay there. I was on the deck right above it maybe 3-4 feet away. I got good looks at it and got some nice pictures. A true beauty of a bird and closer than I have ever been or will probably ever be again. I left it be and went on back to work. (after taking some pictures of course) i texted Shirley so she could post to Va-Bird and told her wrong, since I did not know at the time it was a White-Winged Scoter.
I swung back through there this after noon and it was not there. The tide was moving out pretty fast, still plenty of gulls and cormorants.
Pictures are at: http://fynefoto.phanfare.com/6371566#imageID=207541266
Barbara Houston
New Kent, VA
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