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Title: A rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: GaryMinckler on January 26, 2010, 04:04:39 pm
About every 2-3 years I get the opportunity to see them in my area.  4 today on a deer carcass about 40 yards off the road.  Very exciting to see such an incredible bird. 
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: Shawn on January 26, 2010, 06:11:22 pm
We had a couple Blad Eagles sitting watching over a pond that was covered in Snow Geese. I think they were eating some each day. When the geese left so did the eagles.
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: doak on January 26, 2010, 07:04:45 pm
We have some Golden Eagles here in Central Georgia.
The young ones, called "KITES or Thunder Birds" are not as shy as the older ones. :)doak
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: wd on January 26, 2010, 07:12:42 pm
I've seen the bald eagle here too north of Sacramento along the Sacramento river and near Klamath falls Oregon. Their nests are huge ... Very nice to know they're here.
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: Kathyp on January 26, 2010, 07:16:18 pm
i took this at the beach in northern oregon last year.  they were busy eating a dead seal but we spooked them.  this is the only one that didn't go to far.

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Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: JP on January 26, 2010, 09:05:36 pm
We have them here. I can see a regular nesting pair in what is known as Lake Salvadore, a wildlife management area. Yes, their nests are huge.


...JP
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: Brian D. Bray on January 26, 2010, 10:33:43 pm
I don't mean to brag but I see Bald Eagles almost every day.  One of the Largest Bald Eagle nesting sites is just up the Skagit River from me.  A couple of years ago we had as many as 300+ pairs and over 800 birds total for the winter nesting season.  They have since expanded their area so our local eagle population is down to about 350 birds this year.
I've seen eagles take rabbits out of the green area next door and when out on a boat I've seen them snatch salmon right out of the water with their talons. 
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: Michael Bush on January 27, 2010, 02:34:50 am
I don't see them EVERY day, but they are common enough I see them often.  They are no longer rare.  Not using DDT seems to have made a huge difference in the population.
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: GaryMinckler on January 27, 2010, 03:35:45 am
Millions of people have NEVER seen one.   
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: treebee on January 27, 2010, 09:44:14 am
This is one from last week

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These where two on a deer carcass in southern Iowa. One adult bald eagle and a big juvenile in the tree I got to watch on my lunch tour and record for a good 5 minutes. Makes for a nice and peacefull day.
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: JP on January 27, 2010, 10:20:19 am
Millions of people have NEVER seen one.   

The first one I ever saw was about 15 yrs ago. A bunch of us were packed in my truck on the way back from a hunting trip. The eagle was flying very high paralleling the bridge we were on.

It was a sunny day with blue skies. You could clearly see the white of his head in the sun even though he soared way overhead.

He paralleled the bridge we were on for approximately 5 miles, then veered off. Was the first time any of us had ever seen one.


...JP
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: Irwin on January 27, 2010, 11:36:35 am
I think that the spotted owl taste better then the bald eagle :evil:
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: Michael Bush on January 27, 2010, 12:02:31 pm
I don't think I've gone more than two months WITHOUT seeing one for the last 25 years or so...
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: lenape13 on January 27, 2010, 12:07:15 pm
Beautiful birds they are indeed.  Ahhh, what I wouldn't give for just one feather for my regalia.  Perhaps some day I will be blessed with one from one of my feathered brothers.  I will wait and pray.
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: David LaFerney on April 29, 2010, 09:29:32 am
I don't see them EVERY day, but they are common enough I see them often.  They are no longer rare.  Not using DDT seems to have made a huge difference in the population.


When I was a kid it was exciting to spot any bird of prey they were so rare.  Now hawks of all kinds have become common.
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: VolunteerK9 on April 29, 2010, 10:43:59 am

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When I was a kid it was exciting to spot any bird of prey they were so rare.  Now hawks of all kinds have become common.
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Yup and they are an absolute nightmare on my chicken population inparticular those cussed lil Cooper's Hawks. 
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: Kathyp on April 29, 2010, 10:59:29 am
crows were attacking whatever these big things are that i have here.  it was kind of  fun to watch.

they are pesky.  i think that's where my barn kittens go.  when they get older, the coyotes get them.
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: David LaFerney on April 29, 2010, 01:42:10 pm


When I was a kid it was exciting to spot any bird of prey they were so rare.  Now hawks of all kinds have become common.
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Yup and they are an absolute nightmare on my chicken population inparticular those cussed lil Cooper's Hawks. 
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Anything will eat chickens though.  Between the hawks, dogs, cats, possums, coons, coyotes, hawks and snakes it's a wonder enough make it to lay an omelet. 
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: Bee Happy on April 29, 2010, 04:38:18 pm
I think that the spotted owl taste better then the bald eagle :evil:
Sea turtle soup, with sea turtle egg drop has them both beat.
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: Irwin on April 30, 2010, 09:47:46 am
I think that the spotted owl taste better then the bald eagle :evil:
Sea turtle soup, with sea turtle egg drop has them both beat.
I would like to give that a try :-D
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: VolunteerK9 on April 30, 2010, 10:26:13 am
I think that the spotted owl taste better then the bald eagle :evil:

With a fur seal slow roasting in a pit?
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: Irwin on May 01, 2010, 10:01:48 am
Not a bad idea  :)
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: Mason on May 01, 2010, 11:25:14 am
I saw a Bald Eagle at Weiss Lake in Alabama.  Pretty amazing siting and an amazing creature.  I have been told there are breeding pairs at a local lake here in Georgia but have not sited one here yet.
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: luvin honey on May 06, 2010, 10:34:14 pm
About every 2-3 years I get the opportunity to see them in my area.  4 today on a deer carcass about 40 yards off the road.  Very exciting to see such an incredible bird. 
They are incredible, aren't they? We see them ALL winter long around here, usually on deer carcasses or roosting in trees high above the river.
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: luvin honey on May 06, 2010, 10:35:33 pm
crows were attacking whatever these big things are that i have here.  it was kind of  fun to watch.

they are pesky.  i think that's where my barn kittens go.  when they get older, the coyotes get them.
Could they be red-tailed hawks? Crows harrass the crap out of our red tails around here.
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: GaryMinckler on May 21, 2010, 11:41:00 pm
Yes they are incredible!  I hope it never gets to be a "ho-hum" thing for me like it seems to be for some people.
Title: Re: a rare Bald Eagle sighting today.
Post by: Brian D. Bray on May 26, 2010, 11:09:41 pm
Yes they are incredible!  I hope it never gets to be a "ho-hum" thing for me like it seems to be for some people.

I muat say that living in an area has hundreds of breeding pairs of bald eagles during the winter an at least a hundred pair during the spring and summer, that I have never tired of sighting the souring symbols.  We have at least 3 bald eagle nests on Fidalgo Island and many more throughout the rest of the San Juan Islands as well as scores up the Skagit River and the Mount Baker Wilderness area.
Each new sighting is a joy and ecstacy is locating another nest sight.