An American bald eagle catches a fish in the waters of Onondaga Lake. Credit: Mike Greenlar | Central Current

Photo by Michael Greenlar | Words by Julie McMahon

With temperatures dipping, birders and photographers are returning to the end of the Onondaga Creekwalk at Onondaga Lake.

Photographer Michael Greenlar, Central Current contributor, has shot images of the eagles for the last couple years as they make their home on Onondaga Lake in the deep of winter.

In this photograph from March 2022, a bald eagle catches a fish in the waters of Onondaga Lake.

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Mike Greenlar is a local freelance photojournalist with over four decades of experience covering assignments for newspapers, magazines and online websites. He recently received two national awards with...