Photochallenge.org Challenge Week 8: Birds in Flight

After hitting the backyard and a nearby lake full of birds, I still didn't have anything I liked for this week. So on Saturday, during my breaks at work,  I headed out to our walking path, which circles around a little man made lake ie: retention pond, and finally had some success. I got a few pics of an egret, but most were too blown out. Then, on break two I got lucky. I got some great pics of a heron flying across the lake, some hawks circling ahead, and even a little cute sparrow moving from limb to limb.
After I had put my camera in my bag and was walking back to work, I noticed two birds above that seemed to be fighting. I assumed it was the hawks, but when I really looked, one was way bigger. I grabbed my camera and grabbed some shots as he flew by, having chased the hawk away. Once I got home and loaded my pics on the computer my suspicions were confirmed: a bald eagle!! I couldn't believe it. Jordan was uber impressed. I got three or four really clear shots, albeit far away. Even though I love the composition of some of the heron shots, I had to use the eagle as my picture submission of the week, but I've put some of my other favorite shots here too.