[Rhodes22-list] Bald Eagles!

[Wally Buck]

Roger,

Maybe this Bald Eagle siting is a good omen.

It is great to see them make a strong comeback. We have several pairs that 
nest in the areas that we sail. They are cool to watch. We got plenty of 
ducks, we need more Eagles!

We also have Golden Eagles making a comeback in TN but I have yet to see 
one.

Wally

>From: "Roger Pihlaja" <cen09402@centurytel.net>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Bald Eagles!
>Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 16:36:47 -0500
>
>Hi Everybody,
>
>I was sitting here at my computer working on some internet job searches 
>when I looked out my window just in time to see a mature male bald eagle 
>land in the tree right above my dock!  I couldn't believe my eyes.  I've 
>lived on Sanford Lake since 1977 & have never seen a bald eagle here until 
>now.  I jumped up to go get my 35 mm camera.  I got back just in time to 
>see a female bald eagle join this male (a nesting pair perhaps?!?).  The 
>female eagle didn't land in the tree.  Instead, she began diving on a flock 
>of about 12 bufflehead ducks, which were in the water feeding on the 
>sandbar about 100 yards off our beach.  The male eagle joined her & you 
>should have seen the ducks scatter in all directions!  My 35 mm camera 
>takes several seconds to boot up from a cold start.  By the time the camera 
>was ready to shoot, the action had moved off down the lake out of range.  I 
>went out on our deck with my binoculars & saw both eagles snare ducks in 
>their talons in mid flight!  They both flew off with a duck in their talons 
>in same southerly direction down the lake!  It was totally cool.
>
>Roger Pihlaja
>S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
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