[Rhodes22-list] Some recent photos

[Roger Pihlaja]

Wally,

I've been about that close to a bald eagle once in my life.   My two sons,
brother-in-law, & I were backpacking on Garden Island, a small uninhabited
island about 30 nm offshore in northern Lake Michigan.  We were bushwacking
off trail, fighting our way thru tall saw grass following the shoreline.  We
rounded a point of land & came upon a bald eagle feasting on a cormorant on
the beach right by the water's edge.  Our group had been pretty quiet & the
eagle must have preoccupied with its meal because we just stepped out of the
grass & happened upon the scene.  The eagle gave a loud, surprised
"scrack!", looked very annoyed in the way only a big raptor can look pissed
off, & took off out over the water, leaving the carcass behind.  It didn't
go far, circled back to land in the top of a tree about 60 yards inland in
the middle of coastal marshy area, and just watched us.  As we walked
further along that beach, we came across the shredded carcasses of about a
dozen cormorants within a half mile.   The encounter happened so fast that
nobody got a picture!  We all just stood there with our mouths hanging open.

Other than that, my bald eagle sightings have always been thru binoculars
from 100 yards away or more.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wally Buck" <tnrhodey at hotmail.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Some recent photos


> Roger,
>
> We were about 20 yards from shore and the tree was right on the bank. We
are
> always on the look out for Eagles when sailing. If you stay quiet they
will
> let you drift in pretty close. They don't like sails and seem more
tolerant
> of my outboard just above idle.
>
> Wally
>
> >From: "Roger Pihlaja" <cen09402 at centurytel.net>
> >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Some recent photos
> >Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 08:14:18 -0500
> >
> >Wally,
> >
> >Nice shots!  How close were you to that bald eagle when you took that
shot?
> >
> >Roger Pihlaja
> >S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Wally Buck" <tnrhodey at hotmail.com>
> >To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 9:39 AM
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Some recent photos
> >
> >
> > > Attached are some recent photos taken from my R22.
> > >
> > > Two are of  sunset taken about a month ago.
> > >
> > > One appears to be a lousy shot of a tree. Look closely for the white
> >head.
> > >
> > > Wally
> > >
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