Bald Eagle

Today was a great soaring day here in the mid-Atlantic region with
bases 6000' AGL and cu everywhere. All types of birds were making use
of the abundant lift with gulls, swifts, swallows and red tail hawks
making their presence known. A fellow club member was telling some of
my relative/passengers that we get eagles, too. While osprey are quite
common, I've never seen an eagle while flying at my home airport
(Southern NJ). Well, while 2000' AGL I spotted what looked like a
large hawk crossing in front of me at my altitude. I turned and caught
up to him and, sure enough it was a mature Bald Eagle. The topper was
that he had a good size fish in his talons. I don't know where he was
going but the nearest likely fishing hole was about five miles behind
him. While not really rare around here, Bald Eagles are spread pretty
thin. It was a great treat and my sister in the front seat was equally
impressed, especially with the size of him. You just can't beat this
sport of ours!