Some Wildlife on River Road

 So on Thursday I had to go up to Bay City for my uncle's funeral.  He is an uncle that I haven't seen in a long time.  By long time, I mean close to 30 years.  He had a pretty complicated life and I wasn't sure if I actually wanted to go to the funeral but sometimes you have to do things that you don't want to do.

In order to get to Bay City, I got off I-75 at River Road/M-13 to take the drive along the river up.  It is usually a nice drive and occasionally, I will see some interesting wildlife.

So  as I was heading into Bay City, I looked up in a tree and I saw this guy.  I had to stop because it was an eagle.

A juvenile eagle to be precise.  Based on his coloring, I would say he is around 3 or 4 years old.  You can see some white feathers in his head.  They start getting the white head around 5 years.  It was pretty neat to see.

These pictures are on the way out of Bay City coming back.  I saw these swans, so I had to stop.

I think they are trumpeter swans although they could be tundra swans.  I think the head coloration is a hallmark of tundra swans, but I'm not 100% sure.

It's kind of like he is saying, "Hey does somebody come into your house to take pictures."

One more shot before moving on.

An Eagle at the Side of the Road

My mother was scheduled to have a surgical procedure done to her today, so I took today off to be with her.  Last night, they called her and told her that she was going to be re-scheduled because they had some emergency procedures to do.  I didn't want to go home late last night, so I ended up heading home this morning and keeping my day off.

I decided to take M-13 to get on the expressway and I'm glad I did because I saw the above eagle sitting near the side of the road.  So I picked up my camera and put my zoom lens up and held it up to my eye because I knew the eagle would bolt.  He did but I was able to get a picture of him this time.  I think he was the eagle I saw at the side of the road yesterday.  He's a younger eagle though.