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Here in Oregon we have a lot of them, but it never gets old seeing them! We usually see at least a couple on our way to the coast from Portland. Earlier this we
by lukevp 2y ago
Here in Oregon we have a lot of them, but it never gets old seeing them! We usually see at least a couple on our way to the coast from Portland. Earlier this week, my wife and I saw a mating pair fly high over this field by our house and spiral down towards the ground, holding talons. It was amazing, they are huge incredible birds. I’m so glad to live somewhere that has lots of public land and habitat preservation so my family can enjoy the clean air, water, skies, and trees, as can all of the wildlife we have.
- bredren 2y agoThere is a big nest above the Oaks Bottom wetland. It is strange to have bald eagles hanging out as a normal part of the area.
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- iammiles 2y agoAdding to this thread: I see them a ton around Cathedral Park in St Johns.
- bliteben 2y agoIn Astoria, Oregon on Wireless road you can find nearly 100 in a tree. I'm not sure why they are in such high numbers, but you can often see them scavenging fields where seafood waste (shells) are dumped.
- thedrexster 2y ago<<not sure why they are in such high numbers, but you can often see them scavenging fields where seafood waste>> that's why. :)
- lukevp 2y agoThat’s amazing! I’d love to see it. Looking at a map, the road doesn’t look too long so we could hunt for it, but if you see this could you describe how to find the specific tree?
- tombert 2y agoI'm jealous, I think I've only ever seen one at a zoo twenty years ago. I think they're extremely cool looking birds, I would love to see one in the wild, but they don't appear to hang out much in NYC.
- technothrasher 2y agoWe only have about 76 breeding pairs here in Massachusetts, but I do see a few fly over my house every once in a while.
- observationist 2y agoThey're comically obnoxious - they have annoying screeches, almost like a squeaky straw. If they get acclimated to people, will steal food and anything that remotely looks like food. They're smart, in the way that most big birds are smart, but rarely sociable and curious like ravens. Kinda majestic and noble looking, though.
- mlhpdx 2y agoI love the sound, and we live with it pretty much every day as they roost in our fir trees while hunting. We’re up on a hill about a mile from the Willamette River and they seem to be able to see when snacks appear (no idea really, but they fly with purpose in that direction). The really scary birds are the occasional Falcons that move so fast and so low I’m both startled and confused when they buzz the yard.
- jandrewrogers 2y agoPlenty of them in Seattle too, I've seen them flying over downtown many times. They like to sit in the trees at Discovery Park.
- darknavi 2y agoWe have a bloat slip on Lake Sammamish and there is a family living in one of the giant trees near the slip. Marymoor park + the lake seem like a great space for them to hunt and live.
- elbajo 2y agoI'm also on Lake Sammamish and have a couple bald eagles living on a tree next to the house! A bit random but if you ever want to meet up, I will be there May-June this year :)
- dluan 2y agoThere's a few that used to live on one of the 520 pylons and would watch the morning bridge traffic go by everyday, but then one was hit and killed by a bus windshield.
- DiggyJohnson 2y ago…so it got hit by a bus?
- ncr100 2y agoI watch one get harangued by crows every time it comes to my Seattle neighborhood. It is such a large animal compared to the crows, if it were serious it would absolutely rip the crows to shreds. So far, peaceful.
- marbs 2y agoThere is a wild bald eagle that has taken up residency in Woodland Park Zoo, and has constructed a huge nest in the tree on top of the hill in the Elk enclosure. You can see it from the "Elk Overlook" at the end of the trail. It's quite convenient that the bald eagle chose the Elk enclosure as its home because that's part of the Living Northwest Trail, so it blends in seamlessly alongside all the other native, but captive, PNW animals! The only official mention I can find of this is: https://blog.zoo.org/2020/10/meet-raptors-superheroes-of-skies.html https://blog.zoo.org/2020/10/meet-raptors-superheroes-of-ski... > Wild bald eagles often nest and raise their young in one of the trees on zoo grounds.
- howard941 2y agoLots of them in west central Florida, at least around the golf courses and wooded areas.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoWe have them on Long Island (New York). There's a pair that live in Centerport (a fairly well-to-do neighborhood, nearby), that even have their own Facebook group. They eat eels. Lots of eels. I understand they are fairly numerous, up the Hudson Valley.
- cgh 2y agoWe have hundreds here that gather on the same river to catch salmon in the fall. It’s a big tourist attraction. Glad to hear they are thriving down south as well.
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