Some pics "over there"...
I was out with the dogs when an American Bald Eagle floated around the
house. I ran in to get the camera but he had gained a ton of altitude
and I couldn't get a good shot.It was exciting anyway. I think I have two nesting pairs in my woods
around my pond - I know I have one. The picture of the one I posted
was a huge male - when he passed over the house before I ran in to
grab the camera and I think it's a new one. Have to call DEP and see if they can send out an official observer. Oh, and some action shots of Skippy D. Dog. |
Shortwave
Mar 7
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| But it was very cool to watch. Capt Jack R.. |
Jack
Mar 8
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| You bet. Moral of the story is to fish from the tallest tree possible, and eat
you catch while it's still fresh. :-) |
Wayne.B
Mar 8
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I am going to have to give you my Davy Crocket hat. Nice catch with the pic, BTW. RCE |
RCE
Mar 7
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| >I am going to have to give you my Davy Crocket hat. Already got one - a real one too boot. >Nice catch with the pic, BTW. Thanking you very much I am. |
Shortwave
Mar 8
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| Nice shots, Tom. What a stroke of good luck on the eagle. You think maybe I
could borrow him for a while to help with my squirrel overpopulation?
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'Til next time, John H ***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
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JohnH
Mar 7
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| You wanna see some eagles..?? Come on up!
http://www.explorenovascotia.com/tales/index.cfm?id=2
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/winbirds/colour/c41.htm |
Don
Mar 8
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| They are apparently making a spectaular comeback. We have seen four
adults so far this year and one adolescent, here in south Florida. In
my entire life we had seen two previously in the wild, one on the
Connecticut River near Essex, and one off the coast of Monhegan
Island, Maine. We have a LOT of Osprey around here, almost dime a dozen. From a
distance it's fairly easy to confuse the two but once you spot the
yellow beak and all white head, you know you've got an eage. |
Wayne.B
Mar 7
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| Also, the wing profile of an osprey is more W shaped with the wingtips
swept back a little. Eagles are straight across. |
Del
Mar 7
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| Herons too - see a ton of them in another month or so - as soon as we
get ice off the lakes for a couple of days. |
Shortwave
Mar 8
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| There is something special about seeing a Bald Eagle, but Osprey ain't to
shabby either. I used to enjoy watching them dive on mullet. I've also
seen them with fish that I was sure they would never get airborne. So
far, I've seen these eagles with fish, but didn't actually see them catch
them. Hopefully, they will stick around, but I tend to think they are
heading north. When in Florida, I've also enjoyed watching pelicans fish. A very silly
looking bird, but wonderfully adapted for it's tasks. |
thunder
Mar 8
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| They must be doing something right. There are a lot more people |
thunder
Mar 8
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| Scary ain't it? One of these days when I'm feeling better I'm giong
to walk the three hundred acres of woods around here and fine their
spoor. I have one of those deer IR cameras - if I can find the trace
spoor, I'll set up the camera. |
Shortwave
Mar 8
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| Don't think he'd help much. Eagles are predominately fish eaters. Now, a
couple of nice Red-Tail Hawks. . . |
thunder
Mar 8
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|
Nightmares? From melodious bobcat sounds? You haven't lived until you've
been awakened at 3 am by a 35-pound bobcat sitting on your chest while
he howls at the moon, a passing cloud, a snowflake, a dust mote, et cetera. |
Harry
Mar 8
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| I've heard that bobcat have a rather large range, and can travel large
distances with ease. A few years back, NJ released a radio collared
bobcat. Well, it headed north, and, IIRC, on a least one day, covered
over 50 miles. Hopefully you'll get lucky with that camera. |
thunder
Mar 8
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| Pictures?? |
Wayne.B
Mar 8
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| Yeah, we're working on getting Bob a three-picture deal. |
Harry
Mar 8
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| Excellent, I'm sure he will be Oscar material. Technical question: Do bob cats purr ? |
Wayne.B
Mar 8
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| As far as I know, all cats purr. Ever heard a bobcat "roar"? Sounds
sorta like a cougar. Well, maybe not to another bobcat...or a cougar. |
Harry
Mar 8
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| I've got a pair of nesting red tailed hawks in my woods, this is there
third season. Beautiful to watch those two hunt. |
basskisser
Mar 8
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| Nice catch Tom. These birds are magnificent. We have many nesting pairs
throughout our area also, with them taking advantage of the Lake and it's
abundance of food. |
Mar 7
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| For the past several weeks, I have been watching several Bald Eagles fish
a local lake. You are right, they are quite exciting. They are also
making quite a comeback. In this state, New Jersey, we've gone from
having one nesting pair a few short years ago, to over fifty nesting pair. http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/edweb/baldeagle.htm It seems the Delaware River is an important wintering ground, as is the
Connecticut River. The bird is making such a comeback there is talk of
taking it off the endangered species list, if it hasn't already been done. |
thunder
Mar 7
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| My best ever eagle photo was an accident. By best ever, I don't mean
all that technically great- but it was one of those shots where you
couldn't wish for a happier coincidence. I was shooting photos for a destination article about Port Ludlow. One
of the more visually interesting places there is a large round area,
atop a concrete bulkhead at the water's edge. An old tipi-style lumber
kiln was located there when Port Ludlow was a mill town. Today the kiln
is gone, but on its base are a couple of picnic tables and a story pole
("totem pole" to most Euro- Americans) depicting the history of the
area. As I recall, the figures on the story pole are a beaver, a bear, and a
lumberjack and the pole is topped by a figure of a large eagle. The
story pole reads a lot like the Book of Genesis...in the beginning (at
the top of the pole) there was a creative spirit. As one works down the
pole and examines the different figures the story moves from the time
of first creation to the age when only plants and animals were on the
earth, and finally at the lowest figures there is evidence of modern
man- and even of industry. As I was photographing the story pole, a real live bald eagle landed
atop the head of the wooden eagle on the pole, adding a second eagle to
the stack in a wonderful sort of way. |
chuckgould.chu...
Mar 7
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| Twelve years ago, there were none in CT, then one pair appeared in
Lyme along the Connecticut River. It was about three years later when
was walking through my woods when I spotted a huge nest in crock of a
big hemlock tree - wondered what the hell it was, so I called DEP and
they said not to enter the woods until they sent out an observer. Gal comes out - spent a day and a night - bingo - I got me a nesting
pair of American eagles. I received some instructions about what not
to do and what to do and when she left, she said - Oh, and you have a
pair of peregrine falcons and a pair of red tail hawks and I think a
Barred Owl. I've been told that in the CT valley, there are 12 pair of nesters,
about 10 transients and in the state as a whole about the same as NJ. Not bad for twelve years. Another resurgence is wild turkey. I've got a rafter of at least 30
turkeys wandering around the area and while I've been told I
misidentified a dog (highly unlikely), I know there is a pair of
bobcats in the area and a few bears. Kewl. |
Shortwave
Mar 7
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