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Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mississippi River near dam.
While biking in the snow, I found an area round a dam that had approximately 50 bald eagles perched in the trees awaiting their turn to dive for some fish. Here a mature bald eagle swoops down and grabs a fish. I missed the actual impact, however.
Spotted on Dec 15, 2013
Submitted on Dec 17, 2013
2 Comments
Thanks Logan! The bald eagle population is pretty awesome in Davenport right now. The day I was there, I saw around 50 or so eagles. A couple of days before that, my wife was over there and took a cell phone pic and there were around 75 perched in the trees! I usually go to LaClaire, but haven't been yet. Hopefully there is so good action there, as you can get pretty close to then while they are diving for fish.
Great shots Bill. How is the eagle population in the davenport area?