Eagles: The Eagle's Nest

The day was perfect for taking photographs. It was clear and bright with only an occasional, snow white cloud floating by. The ocean had the same intense, blue hue as the sky.

A tall, gray-haired man with a mustache walked with a distinct limp towards the ocean. He almost fell, as he stumbled on a rock that lay hidden in the tall grass. Reaching out, he caught the heavy mesh fence on the embankment, just in time.

The man was appropriately dressed for a photography expedition, in a pale gray t-shirt, blue jeans and white runners. Around his neck, he wore a heavy, gold chain with an eagle, its wings outstretched as if in flight. His long, black camera strap reached almost to his waist. He held his digital camera with both hands, as he readied himself to take pictures.

First, he snapped a photograph of the distant horizon. Then gazing upwards searching the sky, the sun’s rays bounced off his face. Eagles soaring high in the sky soon caught his attention. He watched them for a moment and then began taking one photograph after another, as they circled the area.

“They’re heading into those trees,” he realized. “There must be an eagle’s nest nearby.”

A winding, footpath led towards the heavily forested area. The brush in the area was overgrown and the evergreen trees were huge making it a foreboding and dark, but mysteriously inviting area. As he walked past an empty bench into the forest, he spotted a petite, elderly woman, standing alone beneath a large, overhanging branch. She was holding a pair of huge binoculars.

“Do you want to see the eagle’s nest?” she asked him, as he approached. She quickly handed him her binoculars and pointed to a tree.

“Thank you,” he said. He soon spotted the eagle sitting in its nest on a large branch about thirty feet upwards. “I do appreciate that.” He began taking pictures of the eagle's nest. “Here, let me take a photograph for you, too,” he said, as he realized that the woman was not able to focus her camera on the eagle’s nest. “See, there it is,” he said with a smile, as he pointed to the nest in the photograph he had just taken for her.