[Rhodes22-list] Bald Eagles!

[Steve]

Add Snow Geese to that too, Ed.  Were cover up with
them here.
Steve

--- Kroposki <kroposki@innova.net> wrote:
> Roger,
>       I sure wish the eagles would develop a taste
> for Canadian Geese.
> On the east coast Canadian Geese have quit migrating
> and taken up
> permanent residence.  And do they make a mess.
>                          Ed K
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces@rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces@rhodes22.org] On
> Behalf Of Roger Pihlaja
> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:22 AM
> To: paul@mi.chtechnology.com; The Rhodes 22 mail
> list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bald Eagles!
> 
> Paul,
> 
> Including yesterday, I've only seen bald eagles
> feeding in the wild
> twice.
> The other time was in the summer of 1998 on Garden
> Island out in the
> middle
> of northern Lake Michigan.  We were hiking along the
> beach, crested a
> sand
> dune, & there was this immature bald eagle (didn't
> have a completely
> white
> head yet), right at the water's edge, feeding on a
> double-crested
> cormorant.
> >From the blood on the ground & on the eagle, the
> kill was obviously
> quite
> fresh.  Apparently, this eagle had a taste for
> cormorants because there
> were
> several shredded carcasses along the beach within a
> 1/4 mile of that
> spot.
> The eagle looked & sounded highly annoyed when we
> interupted its meal
> (gave
> us the big raptor evil eye & scrack!), but it flew
> off as soon as it saw
> us.
> 
> My North American Wildlife Field Guide says bald
> eagles eat carrion,
> waterfowl, & especially fish.  The bird absolutely
> looks & acts like a
> perfect killing machine.  Those ducks yesterday
> never had a chance.
> Each
> eagle simply selected one, harvested it, & flew away
> with it.  But, I
> suppose if there's a dead body available that one
> doesn't have to expend
> energy to chase down; then, why not go for the easy
> meal?
> 
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Grandholm" <paul@mi.chtechnology.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 8:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bald Eagles!
> 
> 
> > Roger,
> >
> >      Very interesting message.  Thanks for
> sharing.  Carol & I took an
> > Alaska cruise a couple of years ago where there is
> a plethora of bald
> > eagles.  When we were in Ketchikan we visited a
> sanctuary where they
> take
> > in injured eagles and nurse them back to health. 
> There we were told
> that
> > bald eagles are actually scavengers and avoid
> hunting live prey if
> > possible.  Now I'm confused.  Do you have any
> thoughts on this?
> >
> > Paul
> > >
> > >Roger,
> > >
> > >Eagles are pretty amazing creatures. We have
> quite a few of them
> around
> > >here, so we get to watch them in action quite
> regularly. It really
> sucks
> to
> > >be the duck, or whatever they've decided is for
> lunch though. Their
> aim
> is
> > >pretty deadly. Many times we have watched eagles
> swoop down and pluck
> fish
> > >right out of the water and never get more than
> their feet wet. It's
> good
> to
> > >see they're coming back after a close call with
> extinction.
> > >
> > >Rik
> > >
> > >
> > >At 04:36 PM 2/4/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> > >>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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