December 18, 2007
Late this afternoon, while bicycling along near the Rio Grande in Tome’, New Mexico, we spotted a bald eagle sitting high in a tree. The area is popular with sandhill cranes and crows and last week we spotted three ferruginous hawks!
Donna Mayer and Clifford Deiner

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October 21, 2007
Soaring across the Rio Grande between Albuquerque and the Isleta Reservation, a beautiful black and white bald eagle scanned the muddy red river. I have only seen bald eagles in sanctuaries and zoos, so it was a real treat to see this one just 2 miles from my home flying so low.
Marilee Berry

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Yesterday, January 14, I was walking in the state park along the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, NM. I was watching a group of sandhill cranes in the middle of the river when I heard the rustling of wings above my head. Twenty or so ducks were flying low right above me. As I watched them, they parted into two groups and turned to fly in the other direction. Directly behind them, was a bald eagle. It was enormous with a black body, white head, and yellow beak. It was flying low, just above the canopy level of the trees, following the line of the river. I have never seen an eagle flying so low, as opposed to soaring high, riding the thermals. It felt like an enormous blessing to see this spectacular bird. I am grateful to the ducks for heralding its arrival. Courtesy of Mary Lou Singleton

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August 10, 2004 we saw a bald eagle fly over the pedro creek preserve in Sandia Park, New Mexico. We watched it for a few minutes as it flew over us and into the canyon. Courtesy of Tony and Linda Fava

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A couple of months ago I saw a bald eagle perched in a tree along the Mora River, a small river that runs through the Mora Valley here in Mora, New Mexico. About a month later my mother and I both saw a bald eagle in flight as we were coming home to Mora from Angelfire, New Mexico. Both times have been so exciting for me and I am constantly on the lookout for another one. Courtesy of Kristin Laney-Medina