Giz/Emma and everyones pets on the board

The nests in SW Florida and Georgia are being readied as we speak. Come December those two nests should produce again

Live Eagle Cam
Berry College - Eagles

 

Beautiful dog, very nice, very peaceful looking. You are fortunate.

 

Glad you got to see one of those. Yes, they are large. There are many of them here. They fly along the river and catch fish, many of them are seen at our local landfill, not a pretty place to see this majestic bird. They are very common, but still protected. I found a dead one at the base of a telephone pole out front of our place. He had been electrocuted by the transformer wires. We had to call the game warden to come collect the bird. All the feathers, by law, go to the native Americans so they can be used in their rituals.

 

A friend has a big camp on the river in Bingham, there are alot of the bald eagles there....

 

Yes they do. We were at the zoo this summer and we learned that they are required to pick up any/all feathers that the Eagles lose on a given day to then be mailed off to Washington...then they distribute them to American Indians as you said. It made me chuckle to think of a closet somewhere in the White House stuffed full of feathers

 

Not improbable - an adult's wingspan is nearly 6 feet (males) to nearly 8 feet long (females). And, an interesting tidbit; the northern Bald Eagles are larger than their southern breathren.

 

also, they travel as much as a thousand miles away from their hatch nest when they fledge, and seek out there own territory. Sub adults do not get their distinctive white head and tail feathers until about 4 years of age, when they become sexually mature. Their primary source of feed is fishing, which takes them about a year to prefect. They also scavenge and are carrion feeders as well. They generally mate for life and can live up to 25 years in the wild. Fascinating to watch the live cam nests each year as they cycle thru each years production.

 

Had one soaring high above the house here yesterday savemoney & wildwest. The white head and tail lit up in the sun. Beautiful to see...

 

We live in the land of the bald eagle. campinspecter had to set up a spider web of fish line over our yard so the eagles wouldn't think about three little dogs for lunch. there are several places along rivers and creeks where the trees are full of eagles in the late summer and early fall. they are waiting for the fish to go up the rivers.

 

on the subject of eagles

Florida police rescue eagle from car's grill

 

That right there is one fine lookin feline

 

Looks a little small.
May need a larger vest.

 

Have no idea what breed that is, but it is awesome. Love the eyes.............

 

Giz is 7 years old today. Found some pics of the ole girl "helping"...




And my fav pic of the evil snow badger smilin'...