Bald Eagle

The weather today was a bit miserable - very low visibility, fog, rain, cold. I was going to try a last ditch attempt at a photo by messing with my flash from the hayloft to get something of the heifers, but then I noticed this guy across the street. At first I thought it might be a very large female red-tailed hawk as it didn't look big enough to be an eagle. I guess it must be a male. I had to retouch this photo a bit too much in both Picasa3 and Photoshop so its a bit grainy for my tastes. I guess thats what happens when the rules are the picture is taken that day and the weather is miserable. The hayloft can wait till tomorrow - the forecast is for more rain.

From Photo of the day (2009)