X. Benedict Posted April 2, 2006 Author Posted April 2, 2006 Good read? Can't tell you how many times I've almost snagged that book off the 'local interest' shelf at the bookstore... maybe next time I'll hang onto it. Speaking of locals, ever chat with Mason Winfield? Fascinating, although his books make me want to sleep with the lights on... 650185[/snapback] You know I haven't, even though I have sat at table with the guy more than once. I do intend to though. I am told it is very good. I have read part of Winfield's stuff, but not really my kind of thing but interesting for the local color.
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 2, 2006 Posted April 2, 2006 They are in South Chicago here... In the Calumet industrial corridor. Lots of hawks too. Turkey vultures too. This is right on the Illinois-Indiana border... Chicago, Hammond, and Gary area. Something good must be happening.
pudweiser Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 Bald Eagles have returned to the Allegheny River Valley, I saw one two days ago, and a separate one this morning. It is nice to see they are making a comback. Who else has seen them and where? 649964[/snapback] Aren't you the same guy who is seeing coyotes too? Where the hell do you live? A zoo?
X. Benedict Posted April 3, 2006 Author Posted April 3, 2006 Aren't you the same guy who is seeing coyotes too? Where the hell do you live? A zoo? 650233[/snapback] I live in a van down by the river. Have you seen an eagle or not? Been around awhile I see...
The Dean Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 Damn environmentalists! Actually, I only clicked on this thread because I thought it was going to be a "dirty thread" and "bald eagle" was some sort of new euphemism. Silly me.
Lori Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 Aren't you the same guy who is seeing coyotes too? Where the hell do you live? A zoo? 650233[/snapback] Ever been north of I-80? There's critters up in this neck of the woods...
ofiba Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 I saw two of them yesterday. Boy did they fall hard when the bullets hit...
Simon Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 I live right on the Allegheny and a couple years ago one took up residence just downriver from my house. Every once in a while I'll see him cruising up and down teh river when I'm sitting out on the porch.
Pete Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 Lots of Bald eagles in my backyard here in CT-especially in February!
Nick in RaChaCha Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 Bald Eagles have returned to the Allegheny River Valley, I saw one two days ago, and a separate one this morning. It is nice to see they are making a comback. Who else has seen them and where? 649964[/snapback] There is a nesting pair near Conesus Lake in NY ( 20 miles south of Rochester) I've seen them once or twice a year for the last 3 years or so.
VABills Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 They estimate about 400 or so in my local area alone. http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/02...02142006/167833 We see them all the time along the Potomac, when riding home on the train. We also have seen a couple gnawing on something one street over on a Saturday morning. Landed right in the street and were picking at whatever it was. Cat maybe (hopefully). A few folks with small dogs and cats have expressed some concern that these guys will snatch fido.
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 Lots of Bald eagles in my backyard here in CT-especially in February! 650349[/snapback] January and February is when they roost... I take?? A good month to watch them on the cliffs along the upper Mississippi River is January. At the locks and dams, if they are spotted in the area... The Corps wants you to count them and record the daily numbers and citings. When I was helping out with work down in Beardstown (IL) back in 1999... I couldn't believe the numbers that were on that part of the lower Illinois River... Even at that time the personnel were keeping daily track of the numbers.
BB27 Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 When I lived in New Jersey, I would see them all the time out by the Delaware Water Gap near US Route 80. Saw a bunch last year on a trip to the Grand Tetons.
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 Now you know why funky Ben Franklin was slammed when he wanted the American bird to be the wild turkey. Bald Eagle had to be the most obvious and apparent. But... Having a national bird named after bourbon would be pretty cool!
The Poojer Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 have seen 2 here on separate occasions in central virginia Bald Eagles have returned to the Allegheny River Valley, I saw one two days ago, and a separate one this morning. It is nice to see they are making a comback. Who else has seen them and where? 649964[/snapback]
Realist Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 Saw one when I was fishing in Jordan Lake here in the Raleigh area.
UB2SF Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 Saw one on the northwest side of Lake Tahoe, near the entrance to Squaw Valley.
X. Benedict Posted April 3, 2006 Author Posted April 3, 2006 Damn environmentalists! Actually, I only clicked on this thread because I thought it was going to be a "dirty thread" and "bald eagle" was some sort of new euphemism. Silly me. 650241[/snapback] Just for that you get: A gay eagle
The Dean Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 Damn environmentalists! Actually, I only clicked on this thread because I thought it was going to be a "dirty thread" and "bald eagle" was some sort of new euphemism. Silly me. 650241[/snapback] Just for that you get: A gay eagle 650810[/snapback] C'mon, X...aren't ALL Eagle Scouts suspect?
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 C'mon, X...aren't ALL Eagle Scouts suspect? 650814[/snapback] I always thought I was a slacker achieving the rank of Life Scout (2nd highest). Most of been some instinct quality I have ... You know how to make a "slacker" feel better Dean!
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