Bare with me as we go back to Mon Feb. 18..
On Monday for President's Day John and I went with my darling parents up north to search for eagles. We went to the nature preserve at Farmington Bay and as we drove out over the beautiful tundra we began to see hundreds of black dots randomly marking the ground for miles and miles. Excitedly, we pulled the truck over and got out the binoculars for a closer inspection. As I focused my binoculars on a group of the dots I was simply blown away at the amazing scene before me. There were literally hundreds and hundreds of bald eagles spread all over the landscape!! The ground, the trees and the sky were full of them! There were so many it looked like a typical Utah landscape with seagulls everywhere. Except this time the state bird was no where to be found and in their place was our beautiful and majestic national bird! (*I must add that I am one of the few people that actually really like seagulls! So no offense to the great seagull, but this sight was incredible)
I am not a very patriotic person, I tend to feel more disappointed than proud often times of the US. However, this scene definitely made me feel little pin pricks of excitement and pride. After all the hard work trying to bring back the depleted bald eagle population, they have made an amazing comeback. Our country can actually care about our wild creatures and can impact them in a good way by raising awareness. The bald eagle is an amazing success story of bringing an animal on the brink of extinction back to healthy numbers and a thriving population!! This makes me truly happy!
How fun to see hundreds and hundreds of bald eagles on President's Day! Now that's my idea of patriotism! This is definitely a new tradition!
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