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Thanks so much. The eagles have been increaseing in this area. They used to just winter here but now we have many residents. This day I saw over 20 individuals. I have never seen them stay after the turkey vultures arrive but here they were all taking opportunities. It is wonderful to see these birds. The farmers now put bald eagle decoys in the fields to discourage the canadian geese who can devour an early grass seed crop very quickly. I have been trying to get good shots for a while, I see much more than I have been able to capture. They like their distance and if they are seen from a well traveled road, my camera can attract attention also which spooks them away. This was a good day, on a dirt road and in range of my lens.
Thanks again everyone!

Thank you. They were eating a sheep. The sheep drop from illness or getting stuck in the mud and the eagles are carian eaters here. Usually when the turkey vultures come back for summer the eagles leave but this year many have stayed. They are fish eaters and have seen them nab live ducks and geese but never killed a sheep.