Lake ice has not been dependable due to our warmer-than-usual temperatures. The warm daytime temps create pools of water on top of the ice, then it freezes up overnight as the temps go below 32 degrees. I watched this repeat day after day last week. The usual company of ice anglers seem to have abandoned their sport due to the uncertain ice conditions, and the whole area is very quiet.

So it wasn’t unusual that I was ignoring the view from the window as I was going about my day to day tasks last week. But then I caught a glimpse of something large landing on the ice and looked up to see an eagle swooping down. It pecked at one particular area, perhaps finding something to eat. I was enthralled watching the eagle and its reflection in the surface water on top of the ice. After about four minutes, another large eagle came down and the two of them seemed to be carrying on a conversation – perhaps about our lack of winter weather??? Another five minutes passed and they both flew south down the lake.