I went with my friend Ira from Santa Fe, and his buddy Steve, who is visiting from the Bay area, to Heron Lake in search of eagles.  Ira’s taking up wildlife/birding photography with a vengance, and wanted to try out his new Canon 500 f/4 IS with wimberely gimbal head.  We found three eagles around the Lake, all of which eluded our efforts either through distance or skittishness.  Still it was a fun outing and we did get some nice images from the snow-covered landscapes.  And it’s the first time I have witnessed ice fishing  On our way back to Santa Fe, we stopped by to visit Abiquiu.  While we were photographing the Morada, a big, beautiful bald eagle flew by us, and of course we all had our wide angle lenses on the camera bodies!  I knew I should have taken that second body!  Lesson learned.