A gift

Shortly after Christmas, we went to Tovačov, a local area with some lakes and a great place to do some bird watching. Of course, at this time of the year there aren't so many birds around - but you never know - you just might spot something unusual...
Towards the end of a fairly fruitless time we spotted a Sea Eagle flying over the far side of the lake. Actually, with one arm carrying the telescope and the other clutching my binoculars to my face, I thought it was a heron! :-) But Petra was certain it was an eagle...We set up the telescope & looked around, to see if it had perched anywhere, but we had no joy...
As we were heading back towards the car, we had one last look...sure enough, there was the eagle! And what do you know? He flew towards us...and over us, circling as he went & gaining more height. This was easily the best view we've ever had of a sea eagle! We just enjoyed the sight, and it was a couple of minutes before we were stunned into action to try and get a photo! We managed to get one with our zoom...but I guess nothing will ever capture the beauty of what we witnessed. We had many gifts over Christmas, and we are very thankful for them all...but we can thank God for this one :-)