Tragic...Bald Eagles

[WILMASBOYL78]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/thirtee...OSoQ?li=BBnb7Kz (http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/thirteen-bald-eagles-were-found-dead-on-a-maryland-farm/ar-BBpOSoQ?li=BBnb7Kz)

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[leach]

Very sad especially if they were poisoned by someone. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif

[earntaz]

If someone deliberately poisoned these magnificent birds – they need to be strung up by their _____ (fill in the blank) TAZ

[427TJ]

I never tire of seeing bald eagles flying around here on sunny winter days. In Alaska they are as common as seagulls.

[marxjunk]

I live in KCK by the Kansas River..and i see them nearly daily in the winter..

last year one was behind my shop tearing a fish in pieces and eating it..

huge birds...i mean big...you dont realize til your 10 yards away just how big they are

[mssl72]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 427TJ</div><div class="ubbcode-body">... In Alaska they are as common as seagulls.</div></div>

They are! I spent a month in Sitka, Alaska. Before I arrived I asked a friend if he saw any bald eagles. He said they're as common as New Yauk pigeons! They are something else to watch. I hope this isn't a case of intentional poisoning. If it was, I agree with TAZ, they need to be strung up.

[m22mike]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: marxjunk</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I live in KCK by the Kansas River..and i see them nearly daily in the winter..

last year one was behind my shop tearing a fish in pieces and eating it..

huge birds...i mean big...you dont realize til your 10 yards away just how big they are </div></div>

Or see one of there nests, they keep using the same one adding to it and often break part of the tree. 5 or 6' in diameter.

[Fast67VelleN2O]

There was one in my back yard last year eating the carcass of a dead groundhog that was killed when the farmer plowed the field behind me. HUGE birds.

[WILMASBOYL78]

A few years back Karen and I were fishing a remote lake in the Adirondacks...in addition to the otters we had a bald eagle as a visitor. He was high up on a dead Spruce with a commanding view of his world.

Doesn't get any better than that! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif

wilma


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[Tracker1]

THAT AIN'T RIGHT! outside of the U.S. we have one of the largest populations of bald eagles in the world up here in Newfoundland, very cool bird. As in U.S., they are HEAVILY protected here.

[earntaz]

Wilma -- be careful ... be very careful ... looks like he is eyeballing you!!!

[427TJ]

&quot;someone may have sprayed a new chemical on a field that adversely affected the birds. Or someone may have used poison to kill rodents; if the rodents died outdoors and the eagles consumed their carcasses, the birds could get sick too.&quot;

Probably the answer right there. Bee colonies were dying in large numbers and we are learning that new chemicals used in agriculture may be the cause. Some farmer probably put D-Con in a chicken coop to kill rats and the eagles ate the dead rats.

[parkbrau]

Sad story. Pisses you off.

A few years back I was watching this live stream every now and then..At one time the Eagles managed to get small deer in their nest for feeding. AWESOMESAUCE! You can catch the live stream at the link. There are 3 eggs in the nest now.

http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

[Tracker1]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 427TJ</div><div class="ubbcode-body">&quot;someone may have sprayed a new chemical on a field that adversely affected the birds. Or someone may have used poison to kill rodents; if the rodents died outdoors and the eagles consumed their carcasses, the birds could get sick too.&quot;

Probably the answer right there. Bee colonies were dying in large numbers and we are learning that new chemicals used in agriculture may be the cause. Some farmer probably put D-Con in a chicken coop to kill rats and the eagles ate the dead rats. </div></div>

HUMANS: Every day finding new and wonderful ways to f#$k things up.

[Postsedan]

John,

Thanks for sharing.....such grace and beauty <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif

Dan

[camaromb]

I think that's an Osprey with the full white chest in the tree.

[WILMASBOYL78]

Now that I look at it..I think you are correct...the bird was a quite a distance from the boat we were in. There are a lot of Osprey's in our part of the woods, so it makes sense.

Here is an early morning shot [approx. 7am] a few years back...fog rising from the water...sun coming up...2 young lads and their dad in a boat fishing for native brook trout...doesn't get any better than this!

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2016/02/full-1121-39810-img_1642.jpg

[camaromb]

Reminds me of the boundary waters area of Ely Minn., nothing like the untouched scenery there; indian rock paintings, bear, moose, bald eagles, loons. I need to get back, its been too long.

[m22mike]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: camaromb</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think that's an Osprey with the full white chest in the tree. </div></div>

Might be correct Mark, all white breast, Wilma might need glasses <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif

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[camaromb]

Lots of Osprey nest on the navigational sign post towers on the waters of south Florida in the spring. I've also had them pull fish out of the rivers here in the fall while I was fishing. They dive bomb into the water talons first, and usually they don't miss catching a fish. A lot more impressive hunters than the bald eagle which is mostly a scavenger.

[427TJ]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tracker1</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 427TJ</div><div class="ubbcode-body">&quot;someone may have sprayed a new chemical on a field that adversely affected the birds. Or someone may have used poison to kill rodents; if the rodents died outdoors and the eagles consumed their carcasses, the birds could get sick too.&quot;

Probably the answer right there. Bee colonies were dying in large numbers and we are learning that new chemicals used in agriculture may be the cause. Some farmer probably put D-Con in a chicken coop to kill rats and the eagles ate the dead rats. </div></div>

HUMANS: Every day finding new and wonderful ways to f#$k things up. </div></div>

The law of unintended consequences.

[WILMASBOYL78]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m22mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: camaromb</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think that's an Osprey with the full white chest in the tree. </div></div>

Might be correct Mark, all white breast, Wilma might need glasses <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif

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Wilma does have glasses but only for reading...next trip I'll bring my 10 x 50's <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif



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[WILMASBOYL78]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: camaromb</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Reminds me of the boundary waters area of Ely Minn., nothing like the untouched scenery there; indian rock paintings, bear, moose, bald eagles, loons. I need to get back, its been too long. </div></div>

This is how we get to the camp!!

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