Eagle Sighting......

[Fletch]

We have an eagles nest down the road at the town park and about 400 yards from that on one of the ballfield light towers is an Ospreys nest. I watched them all spring during baseball games and practice for my son. One day one of the ospreys was razing the eagles nest doing flyovers for about 20 minutes. Pretty cool. They fly back and forth to the river catching fish and carrying them back. Just beautiful birds!

[genesee_mohican]

It's great to see them. We have quite a eagles nesting here in Livingston County. They have really established themselves and are a fairly common site.

[F-150]

 

There is no such thing as a small eagle...Even an immature barely able to fly is bigger than any hawk you ever saw, except maybe an osprey..They have wingspans similar to an eagle but they are not as heavy.

Perhaps it was a matter of perspective when you saw the bird. Did it have the white head and tail ?

It had a white head, but it was good sized, but I thought it was not fully  grown !   

[turkeyfeathers]

Daughter spotted one today waaaaay up there in the air current. Moving along pretty quickly. Rte 77 and 20A  

 

Question on that intersection for whoever is familiar with it : On Rte 77 on either side of 20A approaching Stop signs are what I'd call rumble strips to let you know you're nearing Stop signs. 3 sets of them. During the winter they are really pronounced but spring/summer they are undetectable as I drive over them. Is this due to expanding and contracting during warm and cold ? 

[Paula]

Not sure about winter but I know they have worn down over the years

[turkeyfeathers]

Not sure about winter but I know they have worn down over the years

They rumble just fine in winter 

[Paula]

I am sure they do. I use to ride in left lane to avoid them

[Pygmy]

 

It had a white head, but it was good sized, but I thought it was not fully  grown !   

If it had a white head it was at least four years old.

Bald eagles do not develop the classic white head/white tail until they are 4 or 5 years old.

Younger than that, they are basically a big brown raptor.

[Lawdwaz]

All you guys spouting off about all YOUR eagles..........................post up some pics will ya!?!? 

 

I've seen more eagles than I deserve in NYS.  My first sighting would have been the late 70's early 80's when they were nesting at the south end of Hemlock.  Since then I have been lucky to see them fairly often but I never had an opportunity to snap a couple pics.

 

Pretty cool to see how the have rebounded.

 

 

[Meat Manager]

My wife has some decent pics I will look for...I tried to get a pic of this one perched across the lake from the house while fishing last week....he took off before I could get in iphone range:

I see them nearly daily and have often seen them in groups of 4 or more circling in a single vertical column starting at about 50 ft high and topping out at barely visible heights.

I've seen immature birds learning to fish.

I have also walked out my back door to see an eagle lift-off my roof less than 15' above my head.

Like anything else... If you live where they eat you see them a lot.

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Edited July 1, 2014 by Meat Manager