Look! Up in the sky!

It's a bird!

No. Really. It is a bird. A pretty nifty one, too, and quite unexpected.

Now, many of you know that birds and I are not pals. They will even go so far as kamikaze-ing my car. This one, if it had actually had that in mind, would certainly have done some damage.

I was driving home from class one afternoon a couple weeks ago. I saw a large bird swoop across the highway in front of a pickup truck that was down the road ahead of me a bit. The bird banked, and as I came along, it began to swoop across in front of me, at which time I realized what it was. The unmistakable white on the tail feathers and white head on this large brown bird - a white seemingly too white for anything that lives outdoors - I was looking at a bald eagle. No sooner did I realize this than it was gone. I tried craning my neck to see where it went and driving at the same time, but decided this was not wise and instead called my mother (I used my hands-free set - much safer) to tell her what had just happened.

I still can hardly believe I saw a bald eagle. Mom assures me it is possible. I want to drive back out there and look for the nest, maybe see the eagle again...but after the weather we just had, if I were that bird, I would have packed up and headed for warmer territory by now.