they must need bears

I saw the bird again on Friday, right by the Brainard Road exit off 91, where there's water on both sides of the highway. It crossed the road immediately in front of me and then paralleled traffic off to the left for as long as I had it in sight; I don't think it was more than thirty yards off. Close enough for me to see the beak and the eyes, and the irregular ragged dabs of white on the underside.

I am now 95% confident that it's a juvenile bald eagle.

Hey, dude/tte. Nice to see you.

Stay as long as you like.

On the way to the climbing gym tonight, I saw an enormous bird circling over the Connecticut River. It wasn't a red-tailed hawk or a turkey vulture, our two common large raptors. It was larger than the first, and didn't fly with a rowing motion, nor did it sail on stiff wings held like as shallow V, like the second. It was dark in color, and its wingbeats were dexterous, grasping, like the graceful beckoning of fingers.

I think it was a juvenile bald eagle.

:-)