On Saturday morning, we glanced out the sliding glass door to see a rather large bird sitting on the ice in the middle of the lake behind our house. After getting out the binoculars, we could tell it was some kind of raptor with its kill on the middle of the lake. It looked something like an eagle, and since we've seen a bald eagle on the lake in the past, we suspected this might be a young one. A quick search for pictures on the internet confirmed our suspicions. Here are some pictures we took:

The juvenile bald eagle taking off after eating:

An adult (probably mom or dad who showed up a moment later:

After my husband set up his telescope so we could see even better, I took this one of the juvenile who came back for lunch. At this point we could tell that the kill was a goose. (It's not exactly gross, but this picture isn't for the faint of heart either!)