Beautiful Blessed Sunday everyone! 
Wow dsgard, great pics of a beautiful area! It made me want to be standing there with you.
ChickenCanoe I really enjoyed your pics too and loved the story.
SCG- we have eagles that nest by the little river that runs thru the corner of our back forty (literally). They don't stay once all the water freezes on the nearby lakes (they fly, with many others, to the dams on the Mississippi to our west and southwest) but return early to nest. On the years we get deer, we always put the ribcage out in the middle of the field for them to pick on. Never lost a chicken to them but then I have always made sure there were plenty of things for the girls to run under if need be and they have a very supervised "free range" area.
Wow dsgard, great pics of a beautiful area! It made me want to be standing there with you.
ChickenCanoe I really enjoyed your pics too and loved the story.
SCG- we have eagles that nest by the little river that runs thru the corner of our back forty (literally). They don't stay once all the water freezes on the nearby lakes (they fly, with many others, to the dams on the Mississippi to our west and southwest) but return early to nest. On the years we get deer, we always put the ribcage out in the middle of the field for them to pick on. Never lost a chicken to them but then I have always made sure there were plenty of things for the girls to run under if need be and they have a very supervised "free range" area.