Re: DEC 14 Both eagles arrived at nest at 5:50 PM

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More photos from the nest last night.  They were taken between 5:52 and 5:55 PM, about 25 minutes after sunset, flash-assisted. The bare tree to the east that they landed in was about 158 yards (144 meters) away. Although they are of poor quality they impart the sense of form and motion as the male eagle (Pride) suddenly flew in with his new companion. They also show that the female's bill is proportionately larger than that of Joy, Pride's first mate, and her forehead slopes almost in line with the top of her bill.

The female (if she stays we will need to give her a name (Newfe? no!  ) coming in:





Pride came in just ahead of the female:



She perched higher in the little tree.



Another shot of the two together briefly on the tree before going to roost, probably for the night: