Thanks for the Wild Things article, Easy Reader and Carolyn Kraft.
I was at Catalina scuba diving at Eagles Nest last weekend and we were fortunate enough to see one of the Bald Eagles cruise around the nest a bit and hop over to an adjacent peak. I’ve seen them many times over the years at Catalina from the East end up Avalon’s canyon, to Cat Harbor where a pair of Bald Eagles were harassing a Cormorant sunning itself on a rock, to West End. Probably the most memorable time was in 1997 – we had spent a week at Isthmus on a sailboat and were headed back to Marina Del Rey. We cruised west up the island to see West End and also to scatter some of my father-in-laws ashes. He loved wild things, the outdoors, and was a sailor himself. When we got to about Eagle’s Nest, we turned on a northerly heading, read a few passages from the bible, said our goodbyes to dad and scattered his ashes. Just about the time we were finishing up our little ceremony, a Bald Eagle came out from the island and soared effortlessly over us, made a few circles and then headed off. We were pretty certain dad had come out to say goodbye.
Thanks for the Wild Things article, Easy Reader and Carolyn Kraft.
I was at Catalina scuba diving at Eagles Nest last weekend and we were fortunate enough to see one of the Bald Eagles cruise around the nest a bit and hop over to an adjacent peak. I’ve seen them many times over the years at Catalina from the East end up Avalon’s canyon, to Cat Harbor where a pair of Bald Eagles were harassing a Cormorant sunning itself on a rock, to West End. Probably the most memorable time was in 1997 – we had spent a week at Isthmus on a sailboat and were headed back to Marina Del Rey. We cruised west up the island to see West End and also to scatter some of my father-in-laws ashes. He loved wild things, the outdoors, and was a sailor himself. When we got to about Eagle’s Nest, we turned on a northerly heading, read a few passages from the bible, said our goodbyes to dad and scattered his ashes. Just about the time we were finishing up our little ceremony, a Bald Eagle came out from the island and soared effortlessly over us, made a few circles and then headed off. We were pretty certain dad had come out to say goodbye.
Thanks again for the Wild Things articles!