Sounds like you're heaving some great birds of pray spectaluar
going on,..lucky you!

konrad:

I've been out here in the sticks for 8 years now. The number of bald eagles and red-tails have incresed over the years. At first, I saw single bald eagles flying around; then a year or two after that, I saw 3 in a tree cackling; last year I saw 10 at once. Now, its common to see them out back in the woods overlooking a creek. They scream and cackle out back quite often. They nest about a mile away near a lake.

Same thing with red-tails. Years ago, I would see a solitary red-tail flying with the vultures. In the last month, I saw 4 red-tails flying around together.

I was just out putting air in my tires when I noticed 3 immature bald eagles. At first, 2 appeared to be engaging in what I would call a game of tag. The 3rd was doing circles and flying in the same area. Then, all three were engaging in this "tag" game. The interesting thing was a new sound I heard. It was one note and sounded like "chorp." I don't know if one bird was sounding it or all three.

These were young birds, mostly black and white, black beaks, etc.

I was sitting in front of the wood stove today and happened to see four bald eagles fly past the living room windows. Such a wonderful thing to see...I never get tired of seeing and listening to them.

The bald eagles greeted me for the start of the New Year. I walked past the parking area and up the driveway with the first dog and the screaming and cackling began. It was loud and they had to be close. They were--about 100 feet away and about 80 feet up a tree. An adult--with all its white plumage--and an immature bald eagle sitting next to each other. Another adult had flown off--probably after hearing me open the garage door.

While walking the second dog, I heard a crack from a tree on the other side of the house. The other adult must have landed there and took flight again. While on that side of the house, I heard a white-throat singing its song. Then a red-belly called and finally an eagle again. The red-bellies are here all year; the white-throats are here for the Winter as are the eagles.

Happy New Year.

Bald eagles are very rare and usually seen from a distance here, but I once saw a juvenile about 30ft away while I was sitting on my deck. I had heard a frantic sound of rustling leaves and looked up to see the eagle braking in mid-flight by a tree and then turning and flying off. No doubt some terrified little bird or critter was hiding there.

Red-bellies and white-throats here too, but not singing too often (mostly eating). The noisiest birds are the jays and the crows.

Happy New Year to you too and everyone else.

Claire