It was a good bird count this year. On a trip to Branched Oak Lake in Raymond, NE we counted 17 Bald Eagles, and a day earlier someone saw 106! They're migrating now, and the numbers are quite mind boggling for a species that was down to a couple hundred breeding pairs in the 70's.
All photographs taken by Danny.
Immature Bald Eagle.
Species total for the four days was 25!
Hundreds, and hundreds of birds.
*But wait* There's MORE!
If you like keeping track of birds, you don't need to wait for next year. ebird.org goes year-round.
I knew you'd be excited.
8 comments:
Ah, here a feathered friend or two, new to my acquaintance...! I live next to a small river banked by huge sycamores. In years past those trees provided accommodation for bats. Just last year one was homesteaded by a pair of Bald Eagles, immigrants from Lake Monroe. These guys are now the alpha predators: They eat fish, rodents, snakes, rabbits and alas! small cats. "Nature raw in tooth and claw...," said somebody.
@Beth Waltz
Danny says that since cats eat so many birds, it is just payback time.
You try eating fish day after day, after day...:)
Well done, Danny.
Crappie and wipers? Sounds like a firm of dodgy solicitors. Or dentists. Or gastro-enterologists... xxx
We have Red Kites in our back garden which were successfully re-introduced to the Chilterns area of the UK in recent years. Love the photos and trust you to find the lavatorial humour :)
Danny. These photos are terrific. I know how difficult it is to take bird photos. You are a true artist.
@Curtise
Plumbers. They have to be plumbers.
@Jayne
I asked Danny at dinner if he'd heard of a Red Kite, and he put down his fork, thought for a moment and said,
"I think they live in the UK." He's impressed that you have them in your garden.
@Connie
He's really getting interested in posting them to his er...Flicker account (but is it a Northern Flicker?). Most of these photos were taken from behind windows, which is remarkable to me as I can never take a good photo from indoors.
Tell Danny I loved all his photos. Especially the Bald Eagle one.
Wow, I had no idea that there were so many Bald Eagles around! They must be amazing to see.
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