I love Eagles, too! They breed locally and I see them often here.
It has seemed rather scarce for birds here in the early morning. I was beginning to wonder what happened to all the birds. But I discovered that many of the birds don't start showing up in my yard until much later in the morning towards almost noon time. I don't know where they are before then.
Most, to my surprise, have been the smaller birdies. The Grackles and the huge flock of White-winged Doves have tapered off. I still see both those species, but not in the intimidating numbers that I had seen in late Summer/early Fall. I see a few Bluejays from time to time as well, but again, not the large numbers seen earlier.
I counted 5 Cardinals on Sunday morning/afternoon at one time. 2 adult males and 3 females/immatures. I also saw several Warblers, a Cat Bird, Painted Buntings, and some others I am not sure of the species.
A rotund Catbird?
Pine Warbler?
Male Painted Bunting:
Female (or immature male) Painted Bunting:
A knock-kneed Grackle:
Male Cardinal (peeking out from inside the bushes):
A different Cardinal at the feeder:
And in this photo you can not see the face/front of a Ruby-throated hummer, but you can see the iridescent emerald coloring of it's back feathers:
I've seen Ospreys before and they have more brown around the head. I hope it was an Eagle, I saw. Never can see too many of them. I still remember being a kid learning about recovery efforts after DDT.
the parents were trying to grab a muskrat that kept popping up through holes in the ice that had formed around the edge of the lake. We figured that the Vulture was waiting for leftovers. 
Awesome pic of the grackle, Becky, and all the others too!!
