Random Pictures

Sen. John Kerry visits the area. He is up for re-election.

At about 4 p.m Sunday we got a tip from an editor at the newspaper about a bald eagle on Water Street. We went there and about 100 other Newburyporters were there with us, staring up at this incredibly huge bird. While we were there -- about 10 minutes -- it sat perched the tree, looking toward the Merrimack River, presumably looking for fish it could eat. The eagle does not have a white head, since it is considered immature. It's head will turn white in several years, according to experts. 

The bird come to the area this time of the year -- and especially in January and February -- since the waters they usually "fish" in Maine freeze over. The mouth of the Merrimack, where we live, does not freeze over. There are ice flows, and on large pieces of ice, bald eagles sometimes float. 

Near the eagle, floating in an area of the river called the Joppa Flats, where for decades they dug for clams in the old days, a bunny inside a decorated Easter egg has been floating around for about a week. It is beached on this section of grass during low tide.