Eagles in front of home.

Jan C Still · 09-16-2012, 03:05 PM

Counted 17 Eagles on beach in front of home this morning. They are getting salmon from Lawson Creek that skirts the beach.
Jan

tomaustin · 09-16-2012, 11:18 PM

we have 3 nests on the lake in the middle of our town. we are 30 miles north of houston.....two came flying over my head while walking the dogs down at the lake last friday.....what a beautiful sight.......tom

John Sabato · 09-17-2012, 01:46 PM

Jan, Tom... GREAT stories...but surely you guys have been around forums for long enough to know ...

How about some photos?

lugerholsterrepair · 09-17-2012, 05:17 PM

Jan, Lucky I am no where near..Salmon here is $18.00 a pound! They are experiencing some fine dining.

MikeP · 09-17-2012, 08:49 PM

Saw 8 Bald Eagles eating a dead deer just down the road.
They have become quite common in recent years.
Near where Illinois and Mississippi rivers join.

tomaustin · 09-17-2012, 09:50 PM

John, you lost control of this thread 24 hours ago...LOL, tom

lugerholsterrepair · 09-17-2012, 10:08 PM

I like it!

John Sabato · 09-18-2012, 10:20 AM

Borrowed that gif from another forum Jerry... maybe Ed Tinker can add it to the available emoticons?

seaburry · 09-18-2012, 11:34 AM

Not bald eagles but not good pictures but pictures out my office window. Male female and young adult worked the river all afternoon. Tested the limits of iPhone! Wallace

mjanway · 09-18-2012, 01:01 PM

30 or so years ago, my parents came to visit while I was stationed on a ship out of Ketchikan, AK. I took my Dad halibut fishing. The first thing he pulled up was a 20 pound red snapper. Without thinking, I took it off his jig and tossed it back in the water. The incredulous look on his face made me realize that I has just thrown the biggest fish he had ever caught in his life away. Since it was pulled up from 20 or so fathoms, it was still full of air and floating on the water so I maneuvered the boat to go pick it up. Before we got there, a majestic bald eagle swooped down and snatched it from atop the water and flew off towards an island that we were by. Even though he ended up catching a couple of halibut bigger than that, I slipped from favorite son status for quite some time.

Even to this day, that's the first thing I think of when I see a bald eagle.

Jack

rhuff · 09-18-2012, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mjanway

30 or so years ago, my parents came to visit while I was stationed on a ship out of Ketchikan, AK. I took my Dad halibut fishing. The first thing he pulled up was a 20 pound red snapper. Without thinking, I took it off his jig and tossed it back in the water. The incredulous look on his face made me realize that I has just thrown the biggest fish he had ever caught in his life away. Since it was pulled up from 20 or so fathoms, it was still full of air and floating on the water so I maneuvered the boat to go pick it up. Before we got there, a majestic bald eagle swooped down and snatched it from atop the water and flew off towards an island that we were by. Even though he ended up catching a couple of halibut bigger than that, I slipped from favorite son status for quite some time.

Even to this day, that's the first thing I think of when I see a bald eagle.

Jack

I had a bald Eagle do the same thing to a very large cutthroat trout that I had caught in Hunah Ak. and tossed up onto the bank while I was getting out my stringer. I, like your dad, was not impressed with the whole situation.

09-16-2012, 03:05 PM	#1
Jan C Still User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Box 240188, Douglas, Alaska, 99824 Posts: 463 Thanks: 0 Thanked 52 Times in 32 Posts	Eagles in front of home. Counted 17 Eagles on beach in front of home this morning. They are getting salmon from Lawson Creek that skirts the beach. Jan

09-16-2012, 11:18 PM	#2
tomaustin Lifer X5 Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: texas Posts: 708 Thanks: 87 Thanked 522 Times in 201 Posts	jan, of all places, here in my hometown woodlands tx, we have 3 nests on the lake in the middle of our town. we are 30 miles north of houston.....two came flying over my head while walking the dogs down at the lake last friday.....what a beautiful sight.......tom

09-17-2012, 01:46 PM	#3
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,152 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	Jan, Tom... GREAT stories...but surely you guys have been around forums for long enough to know ... How about some photos? Attached Images __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

09-17-2012, 05:17 PM	#4
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,763 Thanks: 4,866 Thanked 3,105 Times in 1,429 Posts	Jan, Lucky I am no where near..Salmon here is $18.00 a pound! They are experiencing some fine dining. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

09-17-2012, 09:50 PM	#6
tomaustin Lifer X5 Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: texas Posts: 708 Thanks: 87 Thanked 522 Times in 201 Posts	to John Sabato.... John, you lost control of this thread 24 hours ago...LOL, tom

09-17-2012, 08:49 PM	#5
MikeP User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ILL Posts: 686 Thanks: 36 Thanked 452 Times in 198 Posts	Saw 8 Bald Eagles eating a dead deer just down the road. They have become quite common in recent years. Near where Illinois and Mississippi rivers join.

09-17-2012, 10:08 PM	#7
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,763 Thanks: 4,866 Thanked 3,105 Times in 1,429 Posts	I like it! __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

09-18-2012, 10:20 AM	#8
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,152 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	Borrowed that gif from another forum Jerry... maybe Ed Tinker can add it to the available emoticons? __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

09-18-2012, 11:34 AM	#9
seaburry Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 14 Thanks: 80 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Osprey Not bald eagles but not good pictures but pictures out my office window. Male female and young adult worked the river all afternoon. Tested the limits of iPhone! Wallace

09-18-2012, 01:01 PM	#10
mjanway User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Topeka, Kansas Posts: 54 Thanks: 31 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts	30 or so years ago, my parents came to visit while I was stationed on a ship out of Ketchikan, AK. I took my Dad halibut fishing. The first thing he pulled up was a 20 pound red snapper. Without thinking, I took it off his jig and tossed it back in the water. The incredulous look on his face made me realize that I has just thrown the biggest fish he had ever caught in his life away. Since it was pulled up from 20 or so fathoms, it was still full of air and floating on the water so I maneuvered the boat to go pick it up. Before we got there, a majestic bald eagle swooped down and snatched it from atop the water and flew off towards an island that we were by. Even though he ended up catching a couple of halibut bigger than that, I slipped from favorite son status for quite some time. Even to this day, that's the first thing I think of when I see a bald eagle. Jack