Grumpy Bald Eagle Nesting at Lower Klamath Wildlife Refuge
by Mike Lee
Title
Grumpy Bald Eagle Nesting at Lower Klamath Wildlife Refuge
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
As of spring of 2025, there is a very easy-to-view bald eagle nest at the Lower Klamath Wildlife Refuge in Siskiyou County, California. It is very near a gravel road on a levee, and authorities ask that viewers remain in their vehicles while observing the nest. While on a camping trip to the area, my wife and I pulled in one morning (morning light is best for viewing and photos due to the orientation of the nest) to take a look. Before we got to the sign with the admonishment to remain in the vehicle, I climbed in the back of the pickup to get more elevation and a better angle (hey, it counts as in the vehicle, right?). We hoped to see eaglets, but there weren’t any yet. However, I did grab this nice portrait of one of the pair sitting in the nest. I’d never say a bald eagle is capable of a “happy” face, but there was a quite chilly breeze blowing that morning and this one looks especially grumpy (although it later flew to a tree RIGHT on the edge of the road and just looked at me as we drove by and I was still in the pickup about 20 feet from it – it’s clearly figured out that people in the refuge aren’t much of a threat).
𝘈 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦-𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯. 𝘈 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘒𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘦.
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April 20th, 2025
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