I see bald eagles on a fairly regular basis and the only thing I'd like to add is that the noises they make are absolutely pathetic. Baby gull noises coming out of that enormous majestic bird. "Wehhh," says the eight-foot wingspan giant on his way to steal a fish from a hardworking osprey. Wonderful stuff!
I've lived in Oakland, CA - one of America's favorite hellholes, according to many in the media and on the right! - for 44 years, and in all that time have never seen a bald eagle. But last month, my wife and our neighbors saw TWO of the big birds perched in the trees behind our house. And we live in the flats, not the hills, so yes - they indeed seem to be having a moment.
I love seeing the Big Bear eagle cam get a shoutout. The FOBBV CAM YouTube channel has lots of compiled highlights that are worth getting lost in, with delightful summaries like “After Jackie laid Egg #3 at nightfall Tuesday evening, she was tired as she tucked in all three of her precious new eggs and called it a night.” There are years of lore you can get into. Friends of Big Bear Valley freakin’ LOVE eagles.
“He is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead Tree near the River, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the Labour of the Fishing Hawk; and when that diligent Bird has at length taken a Fish, and is bearing it to his Nest for the Support of his Mate and young Ones, the Bald Eagle pursues him and takes it from him.”
I see bald eagles on a fairly regular basis and the only thing I'd like to add is that the noises they make are absolutely pathetic. Baby gull noises coming out of that enormous majestic bird. "Wehhh," says the eight-foot wingspan giant on his way to steal a fish from a hardworking osprey. Wonderful stuff!
I've lived in Oakland, CA - one of America's favorite hellholes, according to many in the media and on the right! - for 44 years, and in all that time have never seen a bald eagle. But last month, my wife and our neighbors saw TWO of the big birds perched in the trees behind our house. And we live in the flats, not the hills, so yes - they indeed seem to be having a moment.
Yesss, thank you! I've been hoping to see bald eagles as BOTW for a long time.
Edit: In my excitement, I typed BOTD (bird of the day?) instead of BOTW.
I love seeing the Big Bear eagle cam get a shoutout. The FOBBV CAM YouTube channel has lots of compiled highlights that are worth getting lost in, with delightful summaries like “After Jackie laid Egg #3 at nightfall Tuesday evening, she was tired as she tucked in all three of her precious new eggs and called it a night.” There are years of lore you can get into. Friends of Big Bear Valley freakin’ LOVE eagles.
“He is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead Tree near the River, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the Labour of the Fishing Hawk; and when that diligent Bird has at length taken a Fish, and is bearing it to his Nest for the Support of his Mate and young Ones, the Bald Eagle pursues him and takes it from him.”
What better bird for our capitalist overlords?