Bald Eagle in Sterling, Virginia

It was haircut day for us, and on our way home from the barber shop my wife spotted this bald eagle perched in a roadside tree. We circled around to get a closer look at it and I was able to catch it on the camera. One of these days Apple might be able to create a camera for the iPhone that has a zoom feature, and videos like this will be a distant memory.

Bald Eagles have been making a good comeback across Virginia, but this is the first time I’ve seen a wild one in the Washington, DC suburbs. God knows they would be helpful in thinning out our awful squirrel population, and thankfully we have some great hawks that are doing that job for us. No, the return of the eagle means that the fishing along the Potomac is getting better.