I love my line of work

Pruning some heritage white oaks last winter... gorgeous bluebird day, 60 degrees, mellow vibe... looking up at this massive oak we just finished and had a big bald eagle circle several times... super low... tipped his wings in approval and continued on... Stoked.
 
Nice! Standing back and looking at a large tree that you just trimmed out and admiring the job. did a large Norway Maple the other day and could barely tell that any thing was cut off but there was tons that came out.
 
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I like to call it the "climbers privilege". Almost every time I climb a tree I climb as far up as I can, get cozy, and take in the view around me(which in RI is f'ing awesome most of the time) then start my work.

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xactly; i do this allegedly to get panoramic shots of the property for the client but in actuality i do it for the way i feel seeing it all too. Good place for deep breaths and emptying, then looking down and re/planning the work.

Pics may not capture all moments, but they retain a lot more than memory!

Redshouldered hawks nest in a pine in my backwoods; my favorite pets aside from the bats.
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When I was working my first tree care job, I had angered my employer and was thusly pulling all stump grinding, spray hose dragging, and tree fertilization. One day I was fertilizing out to the drip line on all of the fifteen or so grandaddy sugar maples on the front lawn of the high school I dropped out of in the pouring rain. I was feeling pretty sorry for myself by about 12:30. Then I looked up and saw a big bald eagle flying back to his home on Mt. Equinox. I had always heard a couple lived up there, but had never seen them. I realized that if I didn't have this job, it was highly unlikely that I would have seen that. Even in stinky communal rain gear with more holes than rubber, on an ugly day at a dead end company (for me anyway), I felt pretty lucky.
 
Working near the Wisconsin River in the winter, bald eagle sightings are a daily treat. However, last winter while climbing and pruning a MASSIVE swamp white oak on the river's flood plain...one of the majestic raptors landed no farther away from me than 10 feet. I just sat still in awe and looked at it for at least 2 minutes before he took off back to the river for more fishing. Another fringe benefit of being a trained monkey...
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I was on my way to a sales call one day this fall when I spotted a Bald Eagle. I was on River Road here in the 'ville headed out to Prospect. I was driving out a section of the road right next to the river when the bird swooped down next to my car, probably 20-30 feet away. It glided along with me about 50 feet, then went back up to the tree tops. I had heard there where some living near the river east of Louisville. They have been closely monitored because appearently their nesting site is close to the new Ohio River bridge project.

Another time, maybe three years ago, I was pruning a large White Oak in Central park here in the 'ville, from a bucket. I had been pruning for about twenty minutes when the ground guy working with me pointed out the large Owl (i don't know what kind) in the Red Oak next to us. It just stayed there watching us the whole time, probably 30' from me. It was pretty cool being eye level with that bird.
 
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Working near the Wisconsin River in the winter, bald eagle sightings are a daily treat. However, last winter while climbing and pruning a MASSIVE swamp white oak on the river's flood plain...one of the majestic raptors landed no farther away from me than 10 feet. I just sat still in awe and looked at it for at least 2 minutes before he took off back to the river for more fishing. Another fringe benefit of being a trained monkey...
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Good thing he/she flew away, you could still be there staring at it.
 
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