Bald Eagles!

 Bald Eagles are a rare sighting here in southern Ontario, but we saw so many in B.C. that they became familiar! They were perched in trees, guarding huge nests, or catching fish.  It was just such a surprise compared to back home here!

It got to the point where it was not unusual to see a large mature Bald Eagle with its white head wherever we were driving.

Yes, this is a picture of those swans, which spend a lot of their winter on the fields of the lower 

Fraser Valley.  But did you notice the eagle?  And the huge nest?

Here's a close-up for you.

And here's an isolated eagle clear against a backdrop of forested hills.

On yet another occasion we visited a Great Blue Heron Sanctuary, spotting an eagle high in the treetops.  Before I could get a picture we heard a high=pitched scream and a second eagle flew in to join the first!

And here's your closer view.

Of course we frequently saw eagles overhead, such majestic birds.  This is the only view I might typically see here in southern Ontario.

Driving toward Chilliwack one day we saw cars parked along the road, and photographers with big telephoto lenses.  Well, that was a signal to stop!  We were overlooking a stretch of the Harrison River known as Nicomen Slough, and there were both eagles and gulls splashing in the shallows.  I think we saw eight Bald Eagles here altogether.

Here are three of them, feeding on salmon on the shallows.  I hope you get the impression that there was another Bald Eagles everywhere we went, for that's what we saw!  Such a memorable experience!