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Wow -eagle sighting

151949 — Sat, 14 May 2016 17:29:31 GMT

As I type this there is a bald eagle sitting on the roof of my lanai staring down at the lake. We often see them flying but this is as close as I have ever been to one. He is only about 10ft away. Just sitting there. I hope he doesn't rip the screen with those talons!

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MalteseMomma — Sat, 14 May 2016 17:33:57 GMT

ooooo you are soooo lucky

.I am a birder here in nothern NJ and I have only seen them flying high in the sky and only rarely.

There are very few of them here and they are majesticly Beautiful.

Had to come back and add,I saw many of them in Alaska ........lol

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violann — Sat, 14 May 2016 17:40:37 GMT

@MalteseMomma wrote:
ooooo you are soooo lucky

.I am a birder here in nothern NJ and I have only seen them flying high in the sky and only rarely.

There are very few of them here and they are majesticly Beautiful.

Had to come back and add,I saw many of them in Alaska ........lol

We just had a week of rose breasted grosbeaks, gold finches, indigo buntings and hummers, but by far my very favorite shocking sighting this spring was a Pileated woodpecker. LOVE💕!

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PINKdogWOOD — Sat, 14 May 2016 18:05:30 GMT

@151949 WOW - this is really exciting!!! How magnificent they are too.

A few years ago we had 2 blue herons land first on our 2nd story back porch, hung around for a little while. This porch is right outside the back spare bedroom & (my) bathroom. I looked out the window of the bdrm and there he was!!!! Holy cow, larger than life!

Shortly thereafter, a 2nd one landed on the roof of our garage. I'd say the pair were just a little lost, missed one of the rivers not that far west of where we live.

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queendiva — Sat, 14 May 2016 18:55:35 GMT

@151949: Wow- how awesome! They are huge!

@violann: I have a male Pileated woodpecker that has been living in the wooded area in my backyard in NJ for several years. Gorgeous! Had never seen one before living in my present home.

Re: Wow -eagle sighting

151949 — Sat, 14 May 2016 19:34:22 GMT

We have a blue heron that wanders around our plan all the time and if you aren't careful he will go in the house when you open the door. People are always chasing him away. Apparently he desires to try living indoors.

Re: Wow -eagle sighting

151949 — Sat, 14 May 2016 19:36:14 GMT

Whew, he did take off without ripping the screen. While it was magnificient to see him I did not want a few thousand dollar screen replacement bill for the privledge.

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riley1 — Sat, 14 May 2016 20:05:36 GMT

@151949 - That, by far, is my favorite bird - they just take my breadth away! We have seen quite a few here in SC. One was sitting in the tree outside our sunroom. We also have a nesting pair in the State Park near our house - so exciting!

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Sawn — Sat, 14 May 2016 21:37:18 GMT

How fortunate you are! I've never been lucky enough to see one except for in a picture! So cool!

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JDJ555 — Sun, 15 May 2016 03:18:53 GMT

Majestic creatures! Very lucky to see one up close.

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Sooner — Sun, 15 May 2016 04:10:57 GMT

@riley1 wrote:
@151949 - That, by far, is my favorite bird - they just take my breadth away! We have seen quite a few here in SC.

I know about SC! I nearly hit one that flew down in front of us once in SC. I was driving and it just zipped down in front of the car, took a few flaps of the wing and off it went! I also saw one try to catch a rabbit in our back yard here in Oklahoma. Those are BIG birds!

We have lots of wildlife in the back yard, lots of Blue Jays, Doves, Mocking Birds, wrens and Orioles! We love to watch them. We also have a few squirrels and a opossum or two now and then.

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tends2dogs — Sun, 15 May 2016 16:28:41 GMT

@151949 I believe we live further south than you and see Bald Eagles quite often around the lake here. We saw one the other day swoop down at the water's edge and grab a baby possum with it's claws and fly off.

We often see blue herons walking along the water's edge where we take our walks. Their color is beautiful.

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Fona — Sun, 15 May 2016 18:25:40 GMT

Ladies: I don't want to repeat myself, but having read the lovely posts in this thread about all of you bald eagle and other bird lovers, I just want to remind you to Google the DC Eagle Cam and watch the two little eaglets in the nest in the Washington DC National Arboretum Gardens. There is already a thread on this, but you may have missed it. It is such a treat to watch them and I am really enjoying seeing them grow up.