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Bald eagle on the nest, Phippsburg, Maine spring 2010 Eagles make enormous nests spanning 4-5 feet across. They are messy, clumsy lo...

Adult Bald eagle being harassed by Herring Gull, Phippsburg, Maine, May 2012 FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fl...

Great Blue Herons, Ardea herodias engaged in food battle. The heron on the left is biting the legs of the fleeing heron on the right! Phip...

Juvenile, Bald eagle, Phippsburg, Maine (I took this photograph while wearing my bathrobe!) FLYday is an homage to what our feathered frie...

  Sandpipers and Plovers in migration, Phippsburg Maine, Popham Beach 2011 FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly....

Barn swallows in flight and feeding fledglings while on the wing. FLYday is an homage to what our feathered friends so best, fly.

Bald eagle, adult Phippsburg, Maine An homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

Turkey Vulture Taking Off From Chimney Top, Phippsburg, Maine April 18, 2011 An homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

Young Bald eagles, Atkin's Bay, Phippsburg, Maine April 18, 2011 The eagle on the left is older than the one on the right. Bald eagles l...

American Woodcock April 7, 2011 Phippsburg, Maine This wasn't a rush, because it was  lone woodcock. One is a woodcock, two or more are...

Osprey With Flounder, Phippsburg, Maine An homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

Snowy Egret, Phippsburg, Maine An homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly.

A weekly homage to what our feathered friends do best, fly. Canada goose, Phippsburg, Maine

Belted Kingfisher, female in flight, March 5, 2011 An homage to what our feathered friends so best, fly.

Common redpolls and White-winged crossbill March 14, 2011 Phippsburg, Maine  White-winged Crossbill, male March 14, 2011 Phippsburg, Ma...

"They're everywhere! They're everywhere, north, east, south and west!" Common redpolls, clockwise from left female, female...

Bohemian waxwings gorging on crab apples Cedar and Bohemian waxwings. Can you pick out which are which? The Cedar waxwings in this photo ...