The road trip to David Thompson country included a bald eagle sighting; actually two sightings of the same eagle.  As we drove west on Highway 11, it sat at the top of a tree.  We noticed that there was roadkill in the ditch which explained why the eagle was sticking around that area.

I wondered how such a big bird was able to remain perched on such a little branch.  It watched as we snapped off our photos and then it soared over our heads and over the valley to the south.

On our return trip through Nordegg, the eagle was still in the same area.  It was perched on a branch looking down at the deer corpse.  It flew from the tree, soaring over our heads.  It headed south and then circled west and north; eventually appearing to be headed back to the area that we were standing in.

I've seen bald eagles before but this was the biggest of them all.  What a magnificent, graceful creature.