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August 09, 2008
Another Beautiful Evening at the Beach
At night, my parents and I quite often take a quick drive around Tod's Point to see the sunset. As usual, it was a beautiful view and I took a bunch of pictures:
See that little black dot out on the water?
This is the life:
Seagull:
Of course I tried once again to get a picture of the eagle in the nest, but instead I found these two... hawks maybe?
I'm still waiting on that eagle!
The Queen Anne House:
Sunset:
And last but not least, the Tod's Point Turkey who has been there every night this summer:
-Lauren
UPDATE: A Blonde Excuse reader just informed me that those birds are not hawks but osprey!
Posted by lauren at August 9, 2008 08:35 PM
Comments
Love the pictures, especially the one with the seagull. Also love Tom Turkey!
Posted by: M at August 9, 2008 09:17 PM
Hi Lauren, very nice pictures. I love being by the water and only rarely get to see oceans. I looked up Tod's Point on a map and it appears to be part of the Long Island Sound. Dumb question, but is it salt water or fresh since rivers empty into it?
Posted by: Louise at August 11, 2008 07:34 AM
Hawks in the Eagle nest? Isn't there some sort of territory issue with that? Like the eagle might get his feathers ruffled and attack the hawks? I think maybe the eagle has abandoned ship and the hawks moved in!
Posted by: Jocelyn at August 11, 2008 01:04 PM
Sorry to drop in unannounced. Just linked to your blog from Smitten Kitchen. I thought you might want to know that those are osprey, also known as seahawks or fish eagles. They nest by the shore, have characteristically messy nests (that you got a great picture of), eat fish, and are recognizable by their white heads and bellies. So, there you go.
:)
Wombat
Posted by: Wombat at August 12, 2008 05:02 AM
Wombat - thank you so much! I'm glad to finally know what they really are
Posted by: Lauren at August 12, 2008 08:33 AM