2 Bald Eagles

Bubba Jr.

eating a squirrel across the creek in a field to the north of us. I took a picture, but they are so far away you can't really see them very well.
BTW, we are in west central Ohio.
Joe

asop

We have quite a few around here.  Always a treat to see one however

tomh.

There was a nest just in Putnam County, near Suter's.  
I've seen them around there several times.
Are you close to there?

Bubba Jr.

tomh. said:

There was a nest just in Putnam County, near Suter's.  
I've seen them around there several times.
Are you close to there?

We're about 25 miles south of Celina and Grand Lake. I suspect these eagles may be from around that lake. I know there are some nests up there. We see them down here once or twice a year. There's another active nest down in Dayton also.

Sam06

Elmer Keith would shoot them.

Bubba Jr.

Last year I had a * set out for the buzzards that depend on me to keep them fed. I looked out and there were about a dozen buzzards just standing around one in the middle eating on the *. Then it raised it's head and I realized it was an eagle. The buzzards just waited their turn.

mohawk600

Sam06 said:

Elmer Keith would shoot them.

Ben Franklin was not fond of them either

Ditch-Runner

  there is suppose to be a pair by the river by one of my nephews place but I have not see them other than photos
 about 40 miles south of us carillon park ( just a bit south of Dayton Oh .)  they have a pair they have camera(s) on every year  that keep coming back to nest 
 lot of people follow on face book ?  sad a few years ago the  newly hatched young eagle just learning to fly with in a few weeks  was hit with a semi trailer and killed ,   the eagle was too low crossing the interstate  and was hit .  its about a 1/4 or 1/2 mile away from the nest area in the park 

hillbille

mohawk600 said:

Sam06 said:

Elmer Keith would shoot them.

Ben Franklin was not fond of them either

allway heard he wanted the turkey as the national bird..... guess that only leaves eagle for thanksgiving

pulsarnc

My land backs up to an abandoned gravel pit and the river . There are a pair of them that nest somewhere behind my house. Saw one of them fly by the house last week with a rabbit in their talons

asop

We live on a pretty good sized lake here in Wisc.  About this time of the year maybe 3  years ago I watched an eagle catch a duck in one of the thawing pot holes and literally pluck out the breast feathers for about an 1/2 hour before eating it

mohawk600

hillbille said:

mohawk600 said:

Sam06 said:

Elmer Keith would shoot them.

Ben Franklin was not fond of them either

allway heard he wanted the turkey as the national bird..... guess that only leaves eagle for thanksgiving

yes.....he thought that turkeys were nobler birds because they did not eat carrion