The eagles' conclave

I passed by Mission Lake Saturday and saw a bunch of eagles standing on the lake ice.

It seemed strange. We rarely see them like that.

I noticed there was a whole in the ice. Were they fishing through the ice hole?

Doubt it. They are not sea birds.

So I figured they found  some bait left by an ice fisherman,

or maybe caught some unlucky mammal crossing the ice.

Then I noticed, there were two groups; three birds were off form the rest .

Were they outcasts?

I decided to walk around and watch.

Any way, one of the juveniles flies over to the big group.

And what a rokus his arrival caused !



Made me think he came in saying,
"You know, one mammal isn't enough to feed all of us.
So I'm going to take all I can..... and to heck with  your pecking order!"

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