"MORNING HAS BROKEN"

Bald Eagle (Immature) - 8 Photos

Just like the song, "Morning Has Broken" by Cat Stevens, morning had broken just like the first morning for this almost mature Bald Eagle.  And well, then morning got broken. Perhaps, a subtitle for this blog could have been "When A Young Eagle Has a Bad Day".

It was initially perched in one tree (See Photo #2) in all its glory and then decided to fly to another tree just across the creek. Big mistake. A very short time later, first one magpie appeared and then sometime thereafter a second one. 

The first magpie was bold as brass coming in closer and closer to the eagle. The second magpie decided to take the "coaching" role, egging its cohort along, never getting into the thick of it.

As you will see from the photographs, that magpie mobbed the poor eagle again and again. Eventually, the eagle flew to the end of the branch, trying to avoid confrontation. Eventually the eagle flew to another tree where it was followed by both magpies and then flew off again for distant skies.

Now some adult eagle needs to have a chat with this one and remind it that it is a "Bird of Prey", "of" being the operative word here! :)

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