Eagle Sighting along the Merrimack river in the Haverhill & Amesbury Area

While out driving with my wife today on one of our "out and about drives to nowhere in particular" my wife spotted a male Bald Eagle flying upstream in the opposite direction we were traveling.

I backed up and conveniently pulled into a turnout on the edge of the road that had been made into a scenic lookout area by one of the neighbors.

 He landed in a dead tree directly across the river from us and proceeded to groom himself on a limb.  This continued for about 15 minutes until he decided to move on further upstream.

Later on our way home this afternoon, I stopped for another sighting across the river which turned out to be a negative find only to look over my shoulder in front of the car to see a Red tail Hawk on the power lines just above the car.

All in all a great day!