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America’s bald eagle population continues to soar

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Re: America’s bald eagle population continues to soar

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Post by allbedarned »

xiaolingxiao wrote: post #16
NDizzle wrote: post #14

I just moved back to Arkansas after being in California for 20 years. Here's a picture a local took along AR highway 59. 7 bald eagles hanging out. https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/155912289_4304... I have some good shots of one eating breakfast behind my house as well. Kind of gory though.

so much freedom!

helllll yeah brother

Re: America’s bald eagle population continues to soar

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Post by kibwen »

Relatedly, peregrine falcons were removed from the endangered species list in 1999 after decades of conservation efforts. Since 2002 there's been a persistent falcon nest up on the 40th floor of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning, here's a live feed (looks like the mother just laid her third egg two days ago and the falcons have begun incubating): https://www.aviary.org/birds-habitats/live-streams/

EDIT: Aaaand yep, there's the fourth egg. :)

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Post by dylan604 »

tshaddox wrote: post #72
tomatotomato37 wrote: post #4

I find it amusing the article had to clarify the lower 48 states. In the majority of the United States bald eagles are a rare and majestic sight. In Alaska they are on par with seagulls.

> In the majority of the United States bald eagles are a rare and majestic sight. I didn't realize this until recently. I grew up in Missouri in the 1990s, where they were relatively common outside of town. You'd still point them out to other people when you saw one, but it wasn't a huge deal. Then I went to the Oakland Zoo a few years ago and they seemed to be a very popular attraction.

Not to take anything away from seeing a bald eagle, but for a lot of children that live in the city, seeing regular livestock like a cow in person is a rare thing. The same could be said for the night sky. It's all a matter of vantage. You can see lots of things as photographs on websites in great detail, but the first time you see that same thing in real life with your own eyes even if it is in less detail, it is an experience one doesn't forget.

Re: America’s bald eagle population continues to soar

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Post by dylan604 »

xiaolingxiao wrote: post #16
NDizzle wrote: post #14

I just moved back to Arkansas after being in California for 20 years. Here's a picture a local took along AR highway 59. 7 bald eagles hanging out. https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/155912289_4304... I have some good shots of one eating breakfast behind my house as well. Kind of gory though.

so much freedom!

should have gone with the turkey

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Post by rdiddly »

This seems as good a time/place as any to remind everyone that the sound an eagle makes isn't the screech Hollywood has made you believe it is (that's a red-tailed hawk). It's actually relatively non-macho (for a superpower's mascot anyway) and sounds like it's laughing.

The hawk says: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-tailed_Hawk/sounds

The eagle says: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bald_Eagle/sounds

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Post by boomboomsubban »

nightski wrote: post #97
tomatotomato37 wrote: post #4

I find it amusing the article had to clarify the lower 48 states. In the majority of the United States bald eagles are a rare and majestic sight. In Alaska they are on par with seagulls.

We see them all over in Minnesota/North Dakota.

If I'm reading their survey correctly, those states have relatively few bald eagles. The reason I checked is that I also remember seeing them often in SD, but was never sure if it was a bald eagle or my parents didn't know/were lying to me. I'm still unsure, they exist but I've never seen a flock like that picture posted here.

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Post by loceng »

xiaolingxiao wrote: post #16
NDizzle wrote: post #14

I just moved back to Arkansas after being in California for 20 years. Here's a picture a local took along AR highway 59. 7 bald eagles hanging out. https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/155912289_4304... I have some good shots of one eating breakfast behind my house as well. Kind of gory though.

so much freedom!

Actually, yes.

Re: America’s bald eagle population continues to soar

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Post by gcheong »

bliteben wrote: post #65
NDizzle wrote: post #14

I just moved back to Arkansas after being in California for 20 years. Here's a picture a local took along AR highway 59. 7 bald eagles hanging out. https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/155912289_4304... I have some good shots of one eating breakfast behind my house as well. Kind of gory though.

I go birding in a spot near Astoria, Oregon and have counted over 70 individual bald eagles from one spot, some trees will have 20 alone perched in them.

Grew up in Astoria (70’s - mid 80’s) and never saw that many at once. Would be interested to know where your spot is :). Although I’ve never seen them I’ve seen pictures of Snowy Owls at the South Jetty. https://www.jack-n-jill.net/blog/2012/12/south-jetty-snowy-o...
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