We live very close to the largest lake in the state of Indiana, Lake Monroe. It is an incredibly beautiful lake with a unique design. There is a very large part of the lake for recreational boating and miles of water for water skiing, jet skiing and pleasure crafting. The unique part is, there are miles of lake that are complete idle zone, which the recreational boaters avoid.

Why is that good? Well, us Kayaker’s can go for miles and not worry about some drunk dude in a jet boat trying to make our weekend miserable. We can go out all day and not even see anyone. It’s also a great area for fishing and sightseeing. We have a huge waterfowl population that reside on the idle side of the lake.

We have seen many different species of birds, green herons, blue herons, great herons, white herons, osprey, ducks, geese and my absolute favorite, the bald eagle. Sitting and watching a bald eagle soar overhead and fish right in front of you is an incredible site.

This weekend my wife and I were out Kayaking and went to an area we haven’t been yet and I was fishing in a very nice cove when my wife comes up behind me and shows me a bald eagle sitting in a tree. It was about 300 yds away so I started snapping photos and trying to get closer (moving very quietly). I got to 200 yds.. then 100 yds.. then 50 yds.. then right next to the tree the bald eagle was resting in. It was an awesome site. I took a bunch of photos of the great bird sitting there keeping an eye on me.

I hope you enjoy these photos, I sat there right below the bald eagle and fished for over an hour and he sat there and watched me while I watched him. :)

Here are a few photos of him in the tree.

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