Bald Eagle!

Vince hollered down from upstairs, and said "You have to come see this!  Quick!"  We raced up the stairs and looked out the window, and there was a Bald Eagle sitting on a branch in a tall pine tree!  Wow!  We had binoculars and a spotting scope, but the bird was still really hard to see.  I moved to the back yard, and everyone else was in the front yard, and fortunately I was focused on the eagle when it took flight!  Don't kid yourself, this was just plain luck, not skill.  But I got the shot!

This view of the eagle on the branch is much clearer, and easier to see, cropped from a telephoto lens shot, than it was when we looked with the naked eye or binoculars.  What a thrill to see this magnificent creature in the back yard!