American Bald Eagles have been nesting near the intersection of US 1 and Indrio Rd., south of Vero Beach but appear to have abandoned that site this season. A local observer believes new lighting in the nest area has caused the birds to move away from their old site.
We were not successful in locating the new site but did find this solitary adult perched in a mature pine growing in a scrub pine, dune area just north of the old nest.
A nest adjacent to our RV parking area also is active again so we will be keeping our eyes on both locations as the season progresses.
We did not disturb the above bird. The photo was taken from about 150 yards distance. It simply sat quietly and observed our brief visit.
The photo was done with Canon's 70-200 mm, f/2.8 image stabilized, L model lens and fairly severely cropped to create the relatively close appearing distance. You can do that with this very high quality lens, carefully, hand-focused.
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