Bald Eagles for Christmas

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Bald Eagle

(Haliaeetus leucocephlus)

Before you ask, YES!  I was this close!

However, this is really a story for my Cape Breton blog,

Down in the Hollow.

Why, then, am I posting on this blog?

Good question.  And I have a good answer!

Because, I joined Early Bird Christmas Crafting.

(see button on sidebar)

KaHolly, which began as a craft blog 2 years ago,

morphed into a natural history blog instead.

Not entirely comfortable blogging about

my crafts and quilts and materials,

I wanted to be able to link the two together.

So,

for my first Early Bird Christmas Gift,

I made a set of cards using this picture!

I use actual photographs on my cards.

This set has the Charles Dickens quote

 on the inside that reads,

"Nature gives to every time and season

some beauties of its own.",

which is also matted in the same colors.

On the back of the cards I wrote my favorite interesting Eagle fact:

With a visual acuity 4-8 times better than a human's,

the Bald Eagle is a formidable predator. 

An eagle riding a thermal at an altitude of nearly 1,000 feet

uses its binocular and peripheral vision to spot prey

across a distance of nearly 3 square miles.

The complete set of 4 - 6 cards

 will bundled together with a pretty ribbon

and wrapped in plastic.

Yes, I was working on a quilt, everything just pushed to one side

to make room for card making,

so when I took this picture,

I thought it only appropriate to lay it upon

the pile of blocks I was working on.

How's that for coordinating a nature site with my crafting?

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