My raptorial good karma continues. I was down at the Cispus Learning
Center, south of Randal WA this week with some students. Friday morning,
around 6:15 I stood at the edge of the woods where it joins the river bar
and just watched out over the bar. After a few minutes some intuition made
me look up, and directly above my head, maybe 15 feet, was a huge bird,
which turned out to be a golden eagle. If it had pooped, I'd have been
whitewashed for sure. It stayed perched, now watching me watching it. I was
glad I was not a ground squirrel. It finally flew over the bar and out of
sight. Wow, what a huge bird, so close.

Rob Sandelin
South Snohomish County at the headwaters of Ricci Creek
Sky Valley Environments <http://www.nonprofitpages.com/nica/SVE.htm>
Field skills training for student naturalists
Floriferous at msn.com


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