Posted on 03/29/2020 4:18:35 PM PDT by thecodont
Trapped in the confines of four walls, springtime spent in quarantine can feel uninspiring, if not isolating. But as Gregory Chiate’s son looked outside his window in Marin County one recent morning, he realized he wasn’t alone.
On top of a towering conifer outside perched a bald eagle: the first one his father had seen since they moved there 11 years ago.
The birds have been making a comeback, according to Shannon Burke, an interpretive naturalist with Marin County Parks, though it’s not necessarily because the area has been deserted by people. (Coyotes are a different story in San Francisco.)
She said sightings of bald eagles are uncommon, but not rare — especially now, during their spring migration. And the birds that breed around the Bay Area — “local nesters,” as Burke calls them — usually begin settling down during the months of March and April. They mate for life.
“The breeding numbers are still small, but in the wintertime we do get visitors,” Burke said.
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And for Bay Area residents like Chiate, the eagle’s presence was uplifting — a welcome distraction from the challenges the last few weeks had presented.
“I felt like it was a sign in these troubled times that we are all going to be OK.”
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I saw one in a tree in my neighborhood last week.
Western suburbs of Richmond VA.
they’re at the dumps kicking the crows asses for the premium garbage here in north idaho.
Here in Stanwood, Washington State, my friend for approx. 5 plus year's did his "ROAD KILL SEARCH,"every day, also let all of his numerous friends know to call him in case of Road Kill, he was feeding a set of Bald Eagles. The field that he setup the "feeding station" a piece of 3' Ft. X 3' Ft. plywood, on top of a 4' ft high post, 4" in. X 4"in. Was approx. 1/2 mile plus to the nest, when he would stop his truck, before he made it to the feeding station (ten -fifteen yards from the road) with the soup du jour (road kill of the day) the Eagles were in the AIR, and coming quick!!!!
Eagles are proof, that GOD has a GREAT sense of humor. If you have never seen an Eagle walk of the ground, be prepared to laugh big time. Think a drunken sailor weaving / leaning EXTREMELY left to right, as they walk. Oh, and not very fast at all.
Eagles are feeding well along the Missouri River and other waters, especially where receding flooding “trapped” a lot of fish. One swooped over my vehicle pursuing a hapless pigeon for lunch; not a fair fight...
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