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Haliaeetus leucocephalus
The nest behind my backyard here in Campbell River BC
Woodland, Rain Forest close to ocean.
This spotting could be added to the mission Breeding Birds of BC:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/9990...
Thanks!
I will have to make it a future destination...I was on the Oregon coast several years ago and fell in love with it! Sounds like the Balds are a lot of fun to watch where you are. I'm headed to Northern Minnesota in a couple months and hopefully will be able to see some Balds there...should be great! I was in Costa Rica for the Raptor migration in 2010 (google "River of Raptors") and although we didn't see any Bald Eagles migrating, we saw thousands of Turkey Vultures and Broad Winged hawks traveling via thermals...what a way to go! Expend almost NO energy and have fantastic views to boot!!
Thanks Christy, if you haven't been to Vancouver Island you are missing literally thousands and thousands of bald eagles. I watch them every year they will disappear for a few weeks when the salmon runs are in the rivers and then back for winter. We regularly watch them glide and spiral upwards with the thermals, sometimes seven or more at a time. When out on the ocean if we catch some bottom fish that can't go back we will look for an eagle on an outcrop, wave the fish and then throw on to the water, the eagle then swoops done and takes it from the surface. This island is home to a whole variety of eagles, hawks, falcons, owls and a host of other species.
What an honor to have them in your backyard! Did you see them raise babies this year?? Great spotting! I'd love you to add this spotting to the mission Raptors of North America: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8627...