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#167888 - 01/17/18 08:57 PM Eagles in the Water
coachblalock Offline
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Monday afternoon, I saw something you don't usually see. Two Bald Eagles were out in the middle of one of my ponds. I reckon they had a fish or a duck or something. They were trying to get to the bank in a hurry and I was trying to get my phone out in a hurry to take a picture.

They got out before I could take a picture of them in the water but both were soaking wet. One could not fly and the other barely could. I got his picture about 3 feet off the ground since thats about all he could muster up.

The other evidently could not fly at all and just sat on the bank for a good 15 minutes before I left him alone. Anyhow, take a look and enjoy. Sorry for the bad pics. I took them with my phone and by the time I re-sized them to go on this forum, they are kinda grainy.


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#167889 - 01/17/18 09:21 PM Re: Eagles in the Water [Re: coachblalock]
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Coach,

My neighbor 89 years young and sharp as a tack called to thank me this morning for clearing his snow covered driveway and said a Bald Eagle was in our neighbors tree for more than 20 minutes before leaving for the nearby farm. Sightings are more prevalent here from trusted sources. Thanks for the pics.
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#167890 - 01/17/18 09:35 PM Re: Eagles in the Water [Re: W Polidori]
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During my lifetime, we have had 3 eagle nests on our property. They generally keep the same nest for 5 years or so, then the nest gets so big that it falls down. The last one fell down in 2010 and it would not fit in the back of a pickup. There is a nest right now on my neighbors property about a mile away.
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#167891 - 01/17/18 09:45 PM Re: Eagles in the Water [Re: coachblalock]
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My former life on LI; Osprey nests litter the edges of the tidal flats and salt marsh. They come back to same nest every year. Cool birds to watch at work
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#167897 - 01/18/18 01:06 PM Re: Eagles in the Water [Re: W Polidori]
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We are in the middle of the Bald Eagle migration here in Oklahoma. I live on one of the biggest lakes in the state, and just today, I saw three coming to work... Have seen at least one per day and some days 5 or 6. Awesome creatures.
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#167898 - 01/18/18 01:29 PM Re: Eagles in the Water [Re: Birdsinhere2]
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Out the car window!


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#167900 - 01/18/18 04:29 PM Re: Eagles in the Water [Re: Birdsinhere2]
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Very cool pics coach and Marty!

We se them in Florida petty regular. I sent Mike Mason a pic of 1 sitting by the water at my job and now I can't find it. But he was just hangin out.
I was also fortunate enough to watch 1 hunt, driving down the road I saw it slam into another bird in the air. I made a U turn and came back to watch the circle of life unfold right in front of me in a median.... VERY cool and regreatfully just before my first camera phone.
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#167901 - 01/18/18 04:31 PM Re: Eagles in the Water [Re: RamKingJC]
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And the story that's almost as good as that 1 is those of us sitting around at Randall last year for the Spring Stock sale saw 1 fly right over us with a fish in it's talons and land in a tree by the cars. Another bird flew in and spooked it so it dropped the fish. I tried to get Dennis Estes to fire up the grill for fresh fish but he already had steaks going!
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#167902 - 01/18/18 04:34 PM Re: Eagles in the Water [Re: RamKingJC]
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I stocked one of my ponds with 1,000 ALBINO Channel Cats back in 2002. I used to feed them every day and they got to be about 5-6 pounds.

One day a pair of eagles was flying overhead when I fed the catfish. Within a year, I did not have ANY Albino Channel Cats.
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#167918 - 01/19/18 07:08 AM Re: Eagles in the Water [Re: coachblalock]
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The Federal Government may remove the Bald Eagle from the endangered species act. Evidently, there are a lot more Bald Eagles in the wild than ever thought. It appears a lot of the Bald Eagles have been combing their feathers around their head.
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