Eagles

It's been eagley this last week. We saw a juvenile bald eagle in the trees by the apartment ponds. It was being shouted at by a hundred crows, who were careful to keep their distance. Crows will dive at an owl, but apparently not at an eagle. It may not even have been aware of them. I thought it was looking very closely at the mallard and ring-neck ducks below. Its head and tail weren't white, but there seemed to be white below the brown feathers on its head. When it turned its head, white showed through. Later it flew over us, making for the river. Then yesterday we saw a pair, very high up, turning closely together. At intervals, one would plunge at the other feet first. The other would elegantly curve away. There was some uncertainty about identification, but not with the final bird we saw, at the wetlands, with a very bright white head and tail.