The winter leading into 2019 has been a mild one so far. Way too mild temperature wise. Eagles just won’t congregate in warmer weather, like they do when it get’s really cold and a lot of waters freeze up. But by mid January, it’s starting to cool off. This image was taken on one of those gray, cold, wintery days after a pretty good snow storm. To be honest, the day was just ugly and cold. But the snow did one amazing thing…as this bird passed over this snow-covered sandbar, it made the bird pop from below. Almost as good as using a flash only better.