Bald Eagle Sighting

twins · 09-06-2006, 04:14 PM

I heard 4-5 loons making a big racket and saw this guy tormenting them from a rock at the end of our Island (Gem Island, one of the twins in Melvin Bay).

Grant · 09-06-2006, 04:19 PM

When was that photo taken? Very cool -- and right in our neck of the woods (howdy, neighbor).

twins · 09-06-2006, 05:13 PM

Eagle was seen today, 9/6 3:30. He was there for about 15 minutes and then flew into a tree on the tip of Horn Point (Pine Point), near the Bald Peak beach club. (I'm sure they checked his membership!)

Lin · 09-06-2006, 06:29 PM

neat photo of the eagle sitting on the rock. I've seen an eagle now several times up between Greens Basin and Blanchard.

KBoater · 09-06-2006, 06:58 PM

That rock usually had a Great Blue Heron on it. Must be a good fishing place.

twins · 09-06-2006, 07:19 PM

I looked over where he flew off to and saw him sitting in the same tree 4 hours later! They sure blend into pine trees well.

By the way FLBoater, the invite's still open. We're here for awhile yet.

Senter Cove Guy · 09-09-2006, 05:44 PM

Saw the eagle today flying east to west between Wawbeek and Gem island. He landed near the top of a tree on Gem then flew off towards Gun island. This is my first eagle sighting at the lake. It was impressive.

Grant · 09-10-2006, 08:47 AM

Hope he's in the same location next weekend!

ApS · 09-10-2006, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twins

"...he flew off to and saw him sitting in the same tree 4 hours later! They sure blend into pine trees well..."

Bald Eagles are at the top of their evolutionary, feathered, food chain: there is no survival-benefit to "blend in" with anything.

They also don't have any natural enemies. No...wait....

Rinkerfam · 09-10-2006, 11:46 PM

We spotted an eage hovering and finally landing on, of all places, Eagle Island on Labor Day. I hadn't noticed this thread until tonight, or I would have posted this rather ironic sighting sooner

ApS · 09-21-2006, 05:44 AM

A large shadow passed over us near Lake Wentworth yesterday, but we managed to get a glipse of white tail and head.

In the two minutes it took to get to the shoreline for a better view, it had found a thermal and was soaring at around 2000 feet up!

ApS · 10-18-2006, 04:40 PM

A dozen loons have been paddling around near my shore, when several members started giving the "yodel" call at about 1:30. Since that usually indicates an ultralight aircraft approaching over the shoreline, I glanced around —and saw nothing.

After about minute of the continuing winter preparations at the dock, all of the loons were yodeling, and the sound level had increased! I looked up again and saw the biggest bald eagle I've ever seen!

She (by the re-e-e-e-e-ally big size) was headed toward West Alton: a good place for an eagle to be watched, I'm guessing.

skprbob · 10-19-2006, 12:23 PM

This past Monday, a Bald flew up along the starboard side of the Mount as she passed between the Fortys and Welch Island. The eagle cut in front, about 100 yds off the bow, came down and caught a fish, then flew back along the port side and away. Quite a sight!

Weirs guy · 10-19-2006, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skprbob

This past Monday, a Bald flew up along the starboard side of the Mount as she passed between the Fortys and Welch Island. The eagle cut in front, about 100 yds off the bow, came down and caught a fish, then flew back along the port side and away. Quite a sight!

Looks like those bus tourists got their moneys worth on that cruise!

rander7823 · 10-19-2006, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Weirs guy

Looks like those bus tourists got their moneys worth on that cruise!

Was that the last rock bass? I hope not they still have to work to do removin that boulder on the other post.

Pineedles · 10-19-2006, 08:59 PM

APS,

That photo 9/10/06 of the cat and the eagle is the most dramatic photo I have ever seen of domestisity vs. nature. Can you fill me in on what happened next?

fpartri497 · 10-19-2006, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acres per Second

Bald Eagles are at the top of their evolutionary, feathered, food chain: there is no survival-benefit to "blend in" with anything.

They also don't have any natural enemies. No...wait....

this is one very stupid cat.

Newbiesaukee · 10-19-2006, 10:05 PM

I suspect that what happened next is the photo was further altered in Photoshop, perhaps adding a puppy.

Pepper · 10-19-2006, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Newbiesaukee

I suspect that what happened next is the photo was further altered in Photoshop, perhaps adding a puppy.

Pineedles · 10-20-2006, 07:25 PM

APS, es verdad?

ApS · 10-21-2006, 08:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Newbiesaukee

I suspect that what happened next is the photo was further altered in Photoshop, perhaps adding a puppy.

"Photoshopped" is the majority opinion of some photoshop amateurs, too. One produced other photographs showing the same eagle on the same railing (reportedly in Alaska) with two white cats prowling around on the floor beneath him as proof. To me, those photos suggest just the opposite: a wary but curious, eagle. (And curious cats). The eagle has probably just eaten, or at least one of those cats wouldn't be in the picture (pardon the expression

).

I think the photo is real. One tech says the photo is old: another enlarges the photo to disclose a finding that I don't see. Others familiar with eagle behavior agree. (Others don't).

As it is, the eagle can make an easy "break-for-it" from this railing which appears to be very high off the ground. He could end up missing some tail feathers as this photo suggests:

Too bad about photoshopping nature photos, though. Is this one real? Who knows?

Lake Lady 6 · 11-01-2006, 02:05 PM

Another Bald Eagle about 11 a.m. today. He was flying north along the W. Alton shoreline - what a beautiful sight. Not the first time we have seen one along the shore but always a thrill.

Pineedles · 11-01-2006, 10:01 PM

Thanks APS. I guess this is why older people can be such curmudgens. Nothing changes, the longer you live the more you see that can fool you. So go back to what you learned in Kindergarten, and you've probably got a got grasp on what is real, ignore everthing else you supposedly learned afterward.

KBoater · 11-02-2006, 08:28 PM

I saw my favorite Eagle on the way home from a cruise yesterday. He sits on a bald branch at the end of a no wake channel. He supervises the boats getting up on plane.
My question is do eagles migrate south in the winter? I had seen one in NH at Xmas 2 years ago.

Smitty1 · 01-26-2007, 07:27 AM

I was having breakfast at Donna Jean's at the Weirs Channel yesterday and a Bald Eagle flew by a couple of times.

A very cool sight!

Smitty

Resident 2B · 01-26-2007, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smitty1

I was having breakfast at Donna Jean's at the Weirs Channel yesterday and a Bald Eagle flew by a couple of times.

A very cool sight!

Smitty

Because the Weirs Channel is open water and the lake is now almost completely covered with ice, the eagle(s) will be flying over the channel looking for a fish or two to eat. They are fairly common in the morning over the channel at this time of year. Mostly bald eagles with a golden eagle from time to time. They also make visits in the summer, but most people in the channel are looking at the other "sights"

and most people do not look up

.

It is always a great to see the eagles and worth a visit to the channel during the winter.

R2B

SIKSUKR · 01-26-2007, 03:14 PM

I read somewhere this morning that recently the eagle count for the state was at 40.

ApS · 10-07-2010, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

I read somewhere this morning that recently the eagle count for the state was at 40.

That relatively high number may account for me not leaping for my camera just a few minutes ago. At that moment, I saw a juvenile Bald Eagle darken my picture windows—again.

A minute later, he flew out about ½-mile to check on something on the water—and a seagull chased the poor youngster away!

What a picture I just missed!

ApS · 04-13-2014, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ApS

Bald Eagles are at the top of their evolutionary, feathered, food chain: there is no survival-benefit to "blend in" with anything.

They also don't have any natural enemies. No...wait....

Apparently, Bald Eagles are not frightened-off easily!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxR2...r_embedded#t=0

tis · 04-14-2014, 07:56 AM

That cat is putting his/her life in danger!

Flyfisha · 04-29-2014, 02:31 PM

Interesting how this post started about 8 years ago in Glendale. I saw a bald eagle right near the Marine Patrol headquarters area last weekend while trolling the Glendale shoreline!!

Rattlesnake Gal · 04-29-2014, 03:09 PM

Thanks for sharing that incredible eagle video, ApS! I left the sound up enough that my two Cairns could hear it downstairs. They went crazy and were howling!

We have a bald eagle that flies by our place on the island. (I haven't seen it yet this year.) It might be the one that lives on the southern end or perhaps it's the one on Clay Point? It is positively gigantic! I am very fearful that it might try to take my 13.5 or the 15 pound dog out for lunch.

Fortunately, Khaleesi and Harry do not often venture out onto the docks unless I am with them.

09-06-2006, 04:14 PM	#1
twins Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gem Island/St Petersburg FL Posts: 33 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I heard 4-5 loons making a big racket and saw this guy tormenting them from a rock at the end of our Island (Gem Island, one of the twins in Melvin Bay). Attached Images

09-06-2006, 04:19 PM	#2
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,510 Thanks: 387 Thanked 234 Times in 128 Posts	When was that photo taken? Very cool -- and right in our neck of the woods (howdy, neighbor). __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."

09-06-2006, 06:29 PM	#4
Lin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Massachusetts & Moultonborough Posts: 673 Thanks: 41 Thanked 15 Times in 11 Posts	neat photo of the eagle sitting on the rock. I've seen an eagle now several times up between Greens Basin and Blanchard. __________________ Lin

09-06-2006, 06:58 PM	#5
KBoater Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 521 Thanks: 10 Thanked 29 Times in 15 Posts	Heron Rock That rock usually had a Great Blue Heron on it. Must be a good fishing place. __________________ Home Permanently in NH

09-06-2006, 07:19 PM	#6
twins Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gem Island/St Petersburg FL Posts: 33 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I looked over where he flew off to and saw him sitting in the same tree 4 hours later! They sure blend into pine trees well. By the way FLBoater, the invite's still open. We're here for awhile yet. Attached Images

09-06-2006, 05:13 PM	#3
twins Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gem Island/St Petersburg FL Posts: 33 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Eagle was seen today, 9/6 3:30. He was there for about 15 minutes and then flew into a tree on the tip of Horn Point (Pine Point), near the Bald Peak beach club. (I'm sure they checked his membership!)

09-09-2006, 05:44 PM	#7
Senter Cove Guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 606 Thanks: 304 Thanked 430 Times in 142 Posts	Gem Island Eagle Saw the eagle today flying east to west between Wawbeek and Gem island. He landed near the top of a tree on Gem then flew off towards Gun island. This is my first eagle sighting at the lake. It was impressive. __________________ Lake Winni - The only place I want to be during the summer.

09-10-2006, 08:47 AM	#8
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,510 Thanks: 387 Thanked 234 Times in 128 Posts	Hope he's in the same location next weekend! __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."

09-10-2006, 11:46 PM	#10
Rinkerfam Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 268 Thanks: 0 Thanked 14 Times in 8 Posts	We spotted an eage hovering and finally landing on, of all places, Eagle Island on Labor Day. I hadn't noticed this thread until tonight, or I would have posted this rather ironic sighting sooner __________________ Education is hanging around 'til you've caught on - Frost

09-21-2006, 05:44 AM	#11
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 6,028 Thanks: 2,285 Thanked 789 Times in 564 Posts	A large shadow passed over us near Lake Wentworth yesterday, but we managed to get a glipse of white tail and head. In the two minutes it took to get to the shoreline for a better view, it had found a thermal and was soaring at around 2000 feet up! __________________ Is it "Common Sense" isn't.

10-18-2006, 04:40 PM	#12
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 6,028 Thanks: 2,285 Thanked 789 Times in 564 Posts	Big...no, Immense! A dozen loons have been paddling around near my shore, when several members started giving the "yodel" call at about 1:30. Since that usually indicates an ultralight aircraft approaching over the shoreline, I glanced around —and saw nothing. After about minute of the continuing winter preparations at the dock, all of the loons were yodeling, and the sound level had increased! I looked up again and saw the biggest bald eagle I've ever seen! She (by the re-e-e-e-e-ally big size) was headed toward West Alton: a good place for an eagle to be watched, I'm guessing. __________________ Is it "Common Sense" isn't.

10-19-2006, 12:23 PM	#13
skprbob Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 19 Mile Bay Posts: 147 Thanks: 0 Thanked 90 Times in 29 Posts	Eagle fishing This past Monday, a Bald flew up along the starboard side of the Mount as she passed between the Fortys and Welch Island. The eagle cut in front, about 100 yds off the bow, came down and caught a fish, then flew back along the port side and away. Quite a sight!

10-19-2006, 08:59 PM	#16
Pineedles Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moultonborough & CT Posts: 2,550 Thanks: 1,072 Thanked 672 Times in 369 Posts	APS photo post APS, That photo 9/10/06 of the cat and the eagle is the most dramatic photo I have ever seen of domestisity vs. nature. Can you fill me in on what happened next?

10-19-2006, 10:05 PM	#18
Newbiesaukee Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Coral Gables, winter; Long Island, summer Posts: 1,366 Thanks: 966 Thanked 575 Times in 300 Posts	I suspect that what happened next is the photo was further altered in Photoshop, perhaps adding a puppy.

10-20-2006, 07:25 PM	#20
Pineedles Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moultonborough & CT Posts: 2,550 Thanks: 1,072 Thanked 672 Times in 369 Posts	Deceptive photos? APS, es verdad?

11-01-2006, 02:05 PM	#22
Lake Lady 6 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 102 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Bald Eagle Another Bald Eagle about 11 a.m. today. He was flying north along the W. Alton shoreline - what a beautiful sight. Not the first time we have seen one along the shore but always a thrill.

11-01-2006, 10:01 PM	#23
Pineedles Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moultonborough & CT Posts: 2,550 Thanks: 1,072 Thanked 672 Times in 369 Posts	Gettin older and wiser Thanks APS. I guess this is why older people can be such curmudgens. Nothing changes, the longer you live the more you see that can fool you. So go back to what you learned in Kindergarten, and you've probably got a got grasp on what is real, ignore everthing else you supposedly learned afterward.

11-02-2006, 08:28 PM	#24
KBoater Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 521 Thanks: 10 Thanked 29 Times in 15 Posts	FL Eagle I saw my favorite Eagle on the way home from a cruise yesterday. He sits on a bald branch at the end of a no wake channel. He supervises the boats getting up on plane. My question is do eagles migrate south in the winter? I had seen one in NH at Xmas 2 years ago. __________________ Home Permanently in NH

01-26-2007, 07:27 AM	#25
Smitty1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Moultonborough, NH Posts: 142 Thanks: 44 Thanked 14 Times in 5 Posts	I was having breakfast at Donna Jean's at the Weirs Channel yesterday and a Bald Eagle flew by a couple of times. A very cool sight! Smitty

01-26-2007, 03:14 PM	#27
SIKSUKR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,075 Thanks: 215 Thanked 903 Times in 509 Posts	I read somewhere this morning that recently the eagle count for the state was at 40. __________________ SIKSUKR

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04-14-2014, 07:56 AM	#30
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,946 Thanks: 795 Thanked 1,493 Times in 1,040 Posts	That cat is putting his/her life in danger!

04-29-2014, 02:31 PM	#31
Flyfisha Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Rattlesnake Island Posts: 140 Thanks: 58 Thanked 46 Times in 24 Posts	Interesting Interesting how this post started about 8 years ago in Glendale. I saw a bald eagle right near the Marine Patrol headquarters area last weekend while trolling the Glendale shoreline!!

04-29-2014, 03:09 PM	#32
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,253 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,455 Thanked 1,357 Times in 476 Posts	That Video! Wow!!! Thanks for sharing that incredible eagle video, ApS! I left the sound up enough that my two Cairns could hear it downstairs. They went crazy and were howling! We have a bald eagle that flies by our place on the island. (I haven't seen it yet this year.) It might be the one that lives on the southern end or perhaps it's the one on Clay Point? It is positively gigantic! I am very fearful that it might try to take my 13.5 or the 15 pound dog out for lunch. Fortunately, Khaleesi and Harry do not often venture out onto the docks unless I am with them.

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