Looking at the camera today - they are growing fast. BUT, also spotted a LBB* busily building a nest just under the rim of the eagle's nest. It was hauling in grass. I imagine that there is an entire ecosystem in that nest, living off the scraps and the insects attracted by the scraps. *Little brown bird

Thats great! Everybody loves to see an Eagle. Thanks for sharing. I was reading the Anchorage Daily News once with a photo of 10 Eagles on a pick up truck. The guy had cleaned some fish and stopped for a beer. Amusing.

Around here bald eagles are a dime a dozen. Hard to believe they were on the endangered species list. The river attracts them here. We are on a raptor migration flyway and in the fall the audubon society has a raptor count at Franklin Mountain. Last year they decided to turn a dream into a reality and put GPS trackers on three golden eagles they caught. It was somewhat hard to track these birds because they often went into areas that didn't have any reception for the GPS. They know that one bird died. They believe it died after eating from a pile of dead wild pigs that the state is trying to eradicate. The pigs were killed with lead bullets. It appears the bird died from lead poisoning after feasting on dead pigs left in a pile. So actually the tracking was a success even though the bird died because it revealed a significant hazard that these birds face. There is now a greater push in this area to get the government and hunters to change the bullets they use to something nontoxic. And because hunters eat the meat they kill with these bullets they certainly would benefit too by using nontoxic bullets. They also hope to use the GPS info to map the bird's route so wind turbines won't be placed where they can endanger migrating golden eagles.

How exciting to come across a Bald Eagle, especially when they aren't common to your area! A shame you couldn't get a picture.