Does anyone care that I saw a Bald Eagle today?

[clydefrand]

Fran

[Blue Diadem]

1. Cool!

We see them here, several actually nest nearby. It's always good to hear that the Eagles are showing their faces..

[cally]

2. Where?

I've seen one a few times. Congrats!

[clydefrand]

4. Lake Istokpoga near Sebring, Florida

I've seen 4 in the last month...two at the lake and 2 flying overhead heading north on Rt.17 just south of Lakeland.

[cally]

6. Wow...I didn't know their range

They must have been in the original colonies. I've seen them in California and Alaska. I didn't know they were in the southern states also. It makes more sense to see them in Florida instead of Alaska.

[Withywindle]

3. That's really, really cool!

Where?

I've never seen one in the wild.

[clydefrand]

7. See my response above. I've seen 11 or 12 in the

wild now. My first 2 times was back in VA flying near my home. Then I saw two in Alaska in '95 and one in Montana in '99. Another back home in '02 and now 6 sightings in Florida.

[Withywindle]

10. Wow!

You've seen a lot!


Where in VA? I grew up there. I know a place where you can see golden eagles at the right time of year, but I've never seen a baldie.

[Maddy McCall]

5. Very cool!

I'd love to see one! I see hawks all the time, but I've never seen a bald eagle in its natural habitat.

[barb162]

8. I saw thousands in Alaska

[driver8]

18. When I lived in Alaska...

I lived out in the middle of the Aleutian islands on Adak, Alaska. We had a cliff right behind our house that was full of eagles' nests -- bald eagles were everywhere!

One time I was salmon fishing with my dad and some friends and I was fooling around by this stream where the fish came into the lake we were fishing at. The salmon were packed in there so tight, you could reach in and grab them if you wanted. Anyhow, I watched this eagle swoop down and grab one of those salmon and fly off -- he was about 20 feet from where I was standing. One of the most amazing things I have ever seen.

[barb162]

31. I saw the salmon packed like that also on the Kenai River

It was amazing...they were next to each other, touching each other and there were all these fishermen. Like millions of salmon. It sure is beautiful there.

Also near Homer on a beach, there were hundreds of different hawks and eagles and they would let you get about 10 feet away before they'd move or fly away.

[driver8]

32. The salmon were packed so tight that...

you were not allowed to fish near the stream. You had to go past these posts by the lake; otherwise, the salmon didn't have a chance. You literally would be snagging fish and throwing them on the river bank.

Alaska is an amazing place. We lived way out in the middle of the Aleutian Islands -- it was a great place to be a kid.

[barb162]

33. I take it it was very isolated? How often did you see aurora borealis

I was there twice in the summer (late June )so of course it was light all night. We would be touring at 2AM, looking at glaciers and driving around.)

[driver8]

37. It was isolated, but as a kid we didn't care...

There was so much to do there. There were about 4,000 people who lived on the island -- mostly military with a few civilian contractors and their families. There was a huge recreation building that had a movie theatre, roller rink, bowling alley, swimming pool...busses would pick us up in front of our house and drop us off there. When we were ready to go home, we simply hopped on a bus. Our parents never had to worry about us.

We didn't get the 24 hours of sunlight, but it did stay light out until about midnight or so. I remember playing baseball outside at 11pm. We didn't see the aurora borealis that much -- it could have been because most of the time it was very cloudy.

[Lisa]

9. I do!

I saw very few when I lived in the Great Lakes region (too much development, plus environmental toxins) -- if one did show up, it was the talk of the town. After moving to coastal British Columbia I see them almost every week, but I still stop to admire them.

I assume that, since you're further south, you saw one of the lighter-brown birds? The ones up north are darker, sometimes almost black.

[clydefrand]

15. No, it wasn't light. Just the same color as I've seen elsewhere

even in captivity.

[donheld]

11. I wanna see

I care.

[thecai]

12. Congratulations!

It's a thrill, isn't it? I live near an eagle's nest, and my nieghbors and I drop everything and gaze while they are out soaring. One day there were 8. Have you ever seen them teach their babies to fly? They carry them on their backs and the babies fly around a little, then get back on the parents. They also mate in midair. They're fascinating.

[clydefrand]

16. No, I'd love to see all those things. I'm a nature nut!

[Blue Diadem]

19. Check your state DNR webpage, they may have a list

of nestings with locations and places to see them. Our state keeps track of nestings and new births and list the info on the DNR site.

[HeeBGBz]

13. I used to watch some by the lake

They lived in the trees and hunted the lake area. Beautiful birds. I was thinking of them today. I bought some binoculars and I wondered if they were still down by the water.

[mr_hat]

14. Dime a dozen here, along the Cedar River in late winter. >

God, they're magnificent, though.

[Ellipsis]

17. Powerful birds, and lots here too...

along the lower Wisconsin river, They roost in the bluffs out of the wind The Juveniles have very cool markings on their under-wings.

[mtnsnake]

20. There's nothing more inspiring than seeing a bald eagle in the wild

I've seen several up close by luck, and they are so amazing. They're even bigger than you can imagine and so unmistakeable in appearance. Last time I saw some was last year when my daughter and I went canoeing on this really remote stream in the Adirondacks and we passed by an eagles nest. It's surreal when you see one of them up close in a tree and when they take off how they look like the size of a small airplane.

I guess we need to enjoy them while we can, because with all of Bush's environmental rollbacks, the future for all our beautiful natural resources doesn't look all that promising. The bastard has already done everything under the sun to allow the slaughter of wolves by air.

[Floogeldy]

21. Are you trying to find out if we are concerned about what you see?

I don't get it?

[EstimatedProphet]

22. I care, but I'm a biologist so I'm supposed to care

They're impressive, aren't they?
I used to work as a volunteer for Eagle Days with the Missouri Department of Conservation when I was in college. Eagles are beautiful birds.

[barackmyworld]

23. There is one that craps on our dock

at my summer house in northern wisconsin. It lives in a huge pine tree above the dock, and it always drops half-eaten fish and bones on the dock. It also poops a lot. Oh well, it's nice to know that it's still around :)

[Floogeldy]

25. Bald Eagle poop

There might be something magical about that. Like, maybe it is good medicine or something.

Have you tried smoking it?

[barackmyworld]

30. that might be risky

I bet the Dept of Natural resources would drive up in some huge motorboat, Homeland Security style, and detain me indefinitely.

[benny05]

24. Kewl

Was the eagle chasing another, or just spreading his wings?

Gosh, I hope W's bro didn't see it! Otherwise, he'll lay claim to the current dynasty...}(

[jbane]

26. "Let the Eagle soa"...oh, sorrry!

[Floogeldy]

28. Gawd I hate that!

[Dave Reynolds]

27. I saw one last weekend

between Cadillac and Clare, Michigan.

Right down close to the road, it was HUGE.

[Lugnut]

29. My husband sees them every day

He works very close to the Susquehanna River in Luzerne Co. He said there were a bunch of them flying around this afternoon.

[Skittles]

34. COOL

heard a great eagle story when I was on a house boat in Minnesota - the guys who steered it out to the open waters for us on a lake between Minnesota and Canada said they had seen an eagle which looked like it was in trouble in the water - on closer inspection, it had snagged itself a fish so huge it was unable to fly out with it so the eagle was winging it in the water towards shore! :D

[fishnfla]

35. Hey I saw one today too

just a lil' while ago....

[greendog]

36. I saw a Golden Eagle last week...

...while driving Hwy 2 between Kalispell and Libby. I see Bald Eagles fairly often...beautiful birds!

[fishnfla]

38. Now thats an eagle!

cool, golden

[postulater]

39. Did you ever see the fall salmon run at Lake McDonald?

About twenty five years ago I was in Glacier Park in late Oct or early Nov. The salmon were running from Flathead Lake up to Lake McDonald. Every fall the Bald Eagles come to feed off them as they spawn and die. I saw fifty in the air at one time and saw one tree with twelve Bald Eagles in.

It was amazing. And Glacier Park in the fall was incredible, the snow line on the mountains crept lower and lower each morning until it was covering the ground at the lake.

[trof]

40. I do. They have also come back to Wolf Bay, Alabama.

Down on the Gulf Coast.

[Patiod]

41. Cool! Saw one while I was kayaking in the NJ Pine barrens

I was sitting quietly, waiting for the canoers in the group to catch up. Heard "whump, whump, whump" like a helicopter starting up.

Turned to see a magnificent bald eagle rising out of the creek/lake/swamp.

Something everyone should see once.