I dream a dream of being a wild life photographer

This past week at work Ann Measom came and asked if I had seen the Eagles out in the fields by the lake. I responded that I hadn't and didn't even know they were there. She explained where she had seen them and so I decided to go for a drive on Saturday and see if I could find them. Val then explained that she always saw them out by where her parents live in Palmyra. So yesterday we drove out to the area and drove around for sometime but didn't see any of the eagles. We saw hawks and plenty of farm animals but no eagles. So I drove out to Lincoln beach and then returned to the area where Val's parents lived and as we were going saw one Bald Eagle flying overhead but we couldn't get to where it was going. So I continued to drive and we saw another one fly past then we spotted a tree with 10 of them sitting in it. I parked the car and quickly started taking pictures. I then looked south and could see another tree with some so we drove down there. This time I walked trough the filed to try to get closer and they then started to fly and went to the other tree where we had been so I went back there and this time walked toward that tree. There were now 18 Eagles in the trees in that area and as I walked toward the trees this time they again flew but one of them flew right over my head. I tried to photograph it but the mono pod prevented very little stability since I had to lift the camera into the air to see the bird. I knew at that instance that being a wildlife photographer was going to take a lot more practice and much better equipment.