Saw an EAGLE !

[/pine]

We've had a pair in the area for a few years...have one younger just one that's getting it's adult plumage/colors and an even younger one...They fish along the river here and harass the ducks and turkeys without much luck...they do catch a lot of trout though...

 

[barko1]

I haven't seen one in awhile but did see a Golden Eagle out in NM a few years back. A lot of reasons to get to Alaka and eagles are one of them. I think it was in Valdez where they were as common as sparrows, saw a dozen or more hanging around town.

 

[Ed of all trades]

I saw my first one about 10 years ago and now I see them about every year. Glad they are around, as you have said beautiful birds. There is a nest in the farm I grew up on now and we have one fly around here about once or twice a year. Ed

 

[toppop52]

Picture of my eagle in my back yard...

 

[roadhunter]

They are amazing creatures. Saw these pics a while back. Eagle killed an antelope.

 

[Wagtail]

Very cool.

We get a few bald eagles here during the winter. They nest around the lakes and sometimes close enough to a road that people can see them. When this happens, the county has to put up barricades and traffic control stuff to keep people from blocking the road. On the weekend, it's a mess with dozens and dozens of cars pulled off of the road, partially blocking the road and sometimes, just stopped in the middle of the road. Some people bring chairs and set up their cameras on tripods to watch and get pictures. It's worse then Yellowstone!!!!

Slight 'threadjack': Tourist Season here in Tassie means an added road safety hazard... 'Orientals' (OK, Chinese) tourists stopping their cars to take pictures of roadkill! Doesn't matter where the critter got nailed, open highway or curvy mountain pass, they'll stop and snap a photo.

OK, back on topic; I've got a nesting pair of Wedgetail Eagles a couple of kms to the NE. Beautiful in flight and ticks-off the Lapwings to no end. :laughing:

 

[dstig1]

Saw this one last summer in a tree overlooking our house. They are around here with the river nearby, and i see them fly overhead from time to time, but I hadn't seen one hang out here before. Got some decent photos of it.

Many years back I was at work walking past a conference room around Xmas party time and one of the groups on our floor had a lady that volunteered at the local Raptor Center. She had them bring in some big birds for the party. As I looked over there was a Bald Eagle sitting on a guys arm or shoulder (I forget). Dayum they are BIG. That was a wake up moment for me seeing something like that at eye level from about 10-15', totally unexpected! A couple other birds there too, but the Eagle was the big one.

 

[TomSeller]

Kinda nice to see, but they do chase/kill other beneficial predator birds. Barn owls don't last long, I'd rather see the owls, better mousers. Too many eagles but I have to live with them, today I saw an immature with the head just starting to get white feathers. This one packed his lunch off to somewhere else when I came up to him on the tractor.

 

[2ndhalf]

There's a webcam on an eagle nest in PA. Thought I saw a dead cat in the nest one day.

A dead cat and an eagle in one picture.. a good day! I saw one flying over my neighbor's house Saturday while out moving some dirt. It is awesome to see them.

 

[kcflhrc]

Saw a Bald Eagle this morning sitting in a tree over one of our local lakes.