We went to a birthday party for an artist named Annie Grgich at her home in St. Johns on Saturday and had a great time staring at the bald eagle that perched on top of a nearby fir tree most of the day. They set up a telescope to watch the eagle from close up and it was pretty amazing to see one of those things up on the top of the hill like that, on the tallest point looking down in all directions. When it got dark out after many hours the eagle disappeared though.

We stayed the night and the next day the eagle came back with three friends, there was one in the original perch in the tree and three circling overhead, riding thermals and relaxing. Eventually one of them joined the birdy in the tree and I decided to see if the ancient Nikon could take a photo through the eyepiece of the telescope. The Nikon died when I threw it against the floor of the Boston ICA by mistake two Octobers ago, but then suddenly started working again last year and I've been using it a lot lately.

This is the shot where you pretty much would never see an eagle on top of the left most tree unless someone pointed it out:



Zooming as far as the Nikon will go does nothing:



So hey! Take a picture of the telescope!









My hand was a little shaky so it's not perfect but what a great thing.





Hey little birdies!