Monique Bourgeois of Goshen enjoys photography, but she especially likes taking pictures of eagles. A trip to the Oxbow in Northampton during a snowstorm Tuesday rewarded her with the sighting of the bird pictured at left.
The eagle, she says, reminds her of her father, Jack Bourgeois, a wildlife enthusiast who died in 2011. “Though not formally trained as an artist, he made several gorgeous pen and ink drawings of bald eagles,” she wrote in an email to the Gazette. Since his death, the eagle has held a special meaning for her and her family members. So, when she is out with her camera, hiking or kayaking, she watches for eagles. The pictures she brings back, she says, “help us all think of my Dad as having his spirit freed, help us move away from those awful memories of his illness.”
Photo by Monique Bourgeois of Goshen
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