We seem to be having birds of prey appear in multiples this week. One day it's ospreys; the next it's eagles.
Kathleen Gibi, Public Affairs Specialist with the City of Knoxville Parks & Rec, and I were walking the River Trail at Ijams yesterday afternoon scouting for wildflowers for the city's Tour de Fleur walk on Saturday when our attention moved from terra firma to terra abova.
And what did we see?
Three bald eagles—two adult and one juvenile—"playing" over the boardwalk near Maude Moore's Cave that opens onto the Tennessee River. What were they doing? I speculate that the two adults were late-season courting, perhaps forming a pair bond for next season. (Local established pairs are much too busy raising nestlings to have time to play.) The unrelated juvenile just joined in on the fun. But, that is pure speculation on my part.
Luckily, Kathleen had brought along her Blackberry and could take their photo.
- Photo by Kathleen Gibi, text by Stephen Lyn Bales
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