Eagles

[robstaples]

You have a really great setup, robstaples. Do you ever get a chance for pictures of the young. Fred is a lot more suspicious/curious than Marge.

I have a single pair of Canadian geese that nest on my lake every year. It can not be the same pair. This has been going on for over 35 years. Just one pair and they actively drive all others off.

Yes, I get pictures of the young too. For the previous pictures, I played my eagle call phone ring tone on my porch and photoed their reaction. Fred seemed ready for a fight. They are quite territorial.

 

[GregbkH]

Although the young Eagles are much bigger, I prefer the adults. Beautiful birds.

Are you sure that the "young Eagles" are not Golden Eagles?

I have both where I live and at first I wondered why the immature eagle was so much larger than the mature ones. Turns out they were Golden Eagles.

 

[ovrszd]

Are you sure that the "young Eagles" are not Golden Eagles?

I have both where I live and at first I wondered why the immature eagle was so much larger than the mature ones. Turns out they were Golden Eagles.

My Game Warden says we don't have Golden Eagles. But then his predecessor said we didn't have Bald Eagles....

I am not sure of anything.

 

[MossRoad]

My Game Warden says we don't have Golden Eagles. But then his predecessor said we didn't have Bald Eagles....

I am not sure of anything.

What did you have for breakfast this morning?

 

[Hay Dude]

Are you sure that the "young Eagles" are not Golden Eagles?

I have both where I live and at first I wondered why the immature eagle was so much larger than the mature ones. Turns out they were Golden Eagles.

We have both. Golden Eagles look like a brown eagle

 

[EddieWalker]

This was in Yellowstone Park, near the West Entrance. We where driving down the road and saw a traffic jam, so we stopped to see why everyone else had stopped. When I couldn't see any elk or bison or something on the ground, I asked a guy what they where looking at. He pointed up.

 

[ovrszd]

In Yellowstone, if you encounter stopped traffic, look around, there's something to see.

 

[ovrszd]

I haven't checked the second roadkill carcass/camera for two days. Every time I visually check there's activity. I'll retrieve the results tomorrow and post results.

 

[dadiehl]

That pic really gives the full perspective of the wing span. Great pic!

My wife and I were kayaking on The Delaware River last year just before The I 80 overpass between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. An Eagle came out of the sky and with its claws open ripped a large rainbow trout out of the water less than a paddles length away from the front of my wife's kayak. It was so fast yet that picture is forever etched in my mind. You could see the trout with its mouth open and not very happy. Around north eastern PA those birds are almost as common as a pigeon any more. Just soo neat !

 

[cqaigy2]

Pretty cool to see them fishing, especially that close!

 

[MossRoad]

I was fishing from shore at a local lake a few years ago. Not catching anything, not even a bite. Maybe 2 hours. Along comes this juvenile bald eagle. I'm watching it fly left to right, about 50 yards out in front of me. All of a sudden, it drops from the sky, grabs a 10" fish right off the surface, and flies away. I packed up my stuff and went to the car.

 

[cqaigy2]

Ha ha, birds eye view of the fish, so to speak.

 

[MossRoad]

I smiled and watched it fly away with it's meal, but figured it was a sign I was doing it wrong. Am considering spear fishing from ultra-light aircraft now. :laughing:

 

[Jstpssng]

Great pictures!

I didn't realize Eagles would feed on dead spoils like buzzards.

They enjoy their food more if somebody else has done the work. Years ago I was driving down the road and an osprey had caught a fish. An eagle dive bombed him right in front of my truck and stole the fish, leaving the osprey stunned on the side of the road. I turned around and parked on the shoulder with the 4-ways on, until he recovered enough to get out of the road.

 

[Hay Dude]

I have been farming for decades and I see Eagles as often as most people see robins.
Although a striking looking, large bird of prey, they are a mean, bully of a bird and they frequently take the path of least resistance, feeding on the easiest thing they can find to eat. While most animals behave similarly, the Eagle is exceptionally opportunistic. I have seen multiple Eagles attack buzzards, ospreys and smaller birds of prey, stealing their prey like hyenas from a lion.

A real hunter is a hawk. Although smaller, it will almost exclusively eat live prey and will take on some pretty big snakes and other decent size mammals. Osprey exceptionally skilled taking prey off water. Owls of course the nighttime hunter.

 

[ovrszd]

While I agree with Hay Dude's assessment, this Red Tailed Hawk took the wiser road and pigged out on roadkill Deer.

 

[Hay Dude]

While I agree with Hay Dude's assessment, this Red Tailed Hawk took the wiser road and pigged out on roadkill Deer.


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Thats why I said “ almost exclusively “.

Im sure it all depends on how much the belly is growling.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

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Speaking of buzzards......These guys keep following me around, every morning on my walk.

I wonder if they know something I don't?

Just say'n...

 

[2LaneCruzer]

While I agree with Hay Dude's assessment, this Red Tailed Hawk took the wiser road and pigged out on roadkill Deer.


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Can someone explain the apparent pieces of rebar that seem to have the deer impaled? Thought at first they might be arrows, but no feathers.

 

[Citydude]

Can someone explain the apparent pieces of rebar that seem to have the deer impaled? Thought at first they might be arrows, but no feathers.

Looks like the hawk is wondering the same thing?