Bald Eagles
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There's usually a golden eagle sitting right up on a light in the parking lot by Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay. Our coastal area has the largest golden eagle population in the world. Bald eagles are much less common here but there are occasional sightings.
Hermann
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Bald eagles and most raptors are in breeding season with egglets on the nest. Parents are busy hunting for food, so you see a lot this time of year.
There's a cell tower in the field next to my apt. We always see bald Eagles sitting up there. When they dive down to catch the field mice and rabbits it's a sight indeed!
They are like pests around here. They eat roadkill and any small animals they can even baby calf’s. Had one an immature one bounce off the bumper of my work truck a few years ago. He was eating road kill and flew the wrong way when I came by. Stunned him but he was gone later that day.
You can't understand why an all brown bird with an all white head would be considered bald?
AZjeff
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Bald = piebald = patchy like a magpie
He's got feathers on his head doesn't he? So what if they're white? Call him bald because he's got white feathers?
I thought this thread was going to be about Goodyear's.
My dad and I almost hit one that was along the road eating a dead raccoon. Came up over the hill and bam. 6’ wingspan right in front of the truck. Lol.
We have a lot down here on the Wabash River. They are fun to watch. This was taken last year sometime. The photo made it to the local news.
We have a lot down here on the Wabash River. They are fun to watch. This was taken last year sometime. The photo made it to the local news.
Where in NJ? I saw one in Warren county last year. First time I ever spotted one in NJ, only to find out it’s not that uncommon. But I was thrilled.
South Jersey near Mullica Hill/Swedesboro.
We've got Bald Eagles here in Lakehurst too. They usually nest somewhere along Lake Horicon each year, or somewhere nearby at least.
I saw one circling my parents backyard last summer so I called my mom and told her to put the chickens in. She did and the eagle flew off.
I saw a big ole Goshawk last summer. That was a cool sight.
I remember when I was growing up it was rare you'd see them.
Oh yeah, I only started seeing them maybe 10 years ago. It was rare even then to spot them. The past few years, I've been seeing them more and more.
They've been in my area for 10+ years (??) but less than 20 if I were to guess. I've personally never seen one even though there are many known nests with breeding pairs (the local park district tries to keep tabs on these although they never give specifics on where a nest is) and others who have seen them.
Had one sitting in our field this past weekend, guess it was looking for moles. It was massive, nearly waist high on me and I'm 6ft.