Framingham Wildlife Blog

       This winter, My main goal was to spend lots of time photographing bald eagles. I was hoping to do this along the Sudbury River, taking advantage of the fact that lakes and reservoirs would be freezing over as winter hit. In the past, this strategy has worked for me, and I could expect eagles at the river all winter. This year though, everything started to freeze like normal, and then we hit a period of warm rain. The eagles havent had to move yet.  I knew of a nest nearby though, on an island, that was inactive this spring, but has been getting sightings again recently. On January 2nd, I took a drive to the reservoir, and found a spot to photograph from, near the island. No eagles yet.  ...I did however see plenty of waterfowl, some were species I havent seen in months, like common mergansers and this ring-necked duck...            ...After around an hour of sitting on the shore, I saw something flapping, in the distance...