July snow?

eagle flies

A friend of mine took me to a nest of bald eagles in Glacier. The vantage point was almost perfect, though the nest was about 20 yards too far away, even with a 400 mm and 1.4 teleconverter. Still, when the adult took off I managed to get this serviceable frame. The white flakes are not snow, but cottonwood seeds, drifting in the evening breeze. Nikon, if you're reading this, I need about 8 more megapixels of resolution in my next camera, please...