Eagles making a winter home at Marion County Lake

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Tuesday, 15 January 2013 14:36

Marion County Lake resident Brenda Casanova snapped this shot Sunday of four bald eagles perched in a tree. Against the dreary winter sky, the quartet almost appears as silhouettes. Casanova said the darkest birds are actually younger eagles; it takes about three years for eagles to reach their full color.