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peterme
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Post Number: 25
Registered: 01-2007
| | Posted on Friday, March 25, 2011 - 1:05 pm: | 
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Quick visit to the Temagami dump last week, I saw and stared at for the longest time a huge bald eagle...I was stunned by the size of this bird.Are these birds common in the area? It had to stand 40" tall and was not really concerned that i got within 25 feet of him.Then with a large leap into the air, and one flap of his monster wings he was gone.Beautiful bird. |
irishfield
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Post Number: 300
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 25, 2011 - 2:21 pm: |
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Wouldn't say they are "common".. but they are making a pretty good come back and there are a few pairs around the area. |
fireman
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Post Number: 149
Registered: 08-2009
| | Posted on Friday, March 25, 2011 - 8:42 pm: |
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I live in The Beaver Valley, near Collingwood. All winter long, we observed two Bald Eagles living in the forest which surrounds the Beaver River. Recently, they left.
I know nothing of birds but am wondering if they were wintering with us and have returned north. I have seen them up on the Mag and in Temagami.
Magnificent birds. |
peterme
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Post Number: 26
Registered: 01-2007
| | Posted on Friday, March 25, 2011 - 9:22 pm: |
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after doing some reading on these Bald eagles...they are known to fly south to winter if their habitat waterways freeze over....maybe the two nesting in the Beaver valley area were close enough to Georgian Bay for the open water??and or rivers?? now returning north anticipating an early thaw?? |
grncnu
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Post Number: 55
Registered: 08-2010
| | Posted on Friday, March 25, 2011 - 9:28 pm: |
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we have seen bald eagles pretty regularly on our temagami trips for many years including the last 2 years. also the occasional golden eagle which i think are rarer in the area as they breed farther north.
i'd say it is VERY odd, however to see one in temagami in march or overwintering in collingwood? again, i'm no expert either. according to the map in my bird book the northern limit of their wintering grounds would be well south of the great lakes.
as i understand it they are largely fish-eaters and stick to open water. |
irishfield
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Post Number: 301
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 25, 2011 - 10:37 pm: |
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Lots of open water in Collingwood...
Peterme saw his at the dump... guess it's a good place for rodents for now.
Last year in early March the seagulls had already started back to Temagami and where picking (and protecting) their shoal rocks to nest on, while we were still ice fishing.... thru 32" of ice!
(Message edited by irishfield on March 25, 2011) |
fireman
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Post Number: 150
Registered: 08-2009
| | Posted on Saturday, March 26, 2011 - 9:22 am: |
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Once again, I am ignorant to this stuff but the Beaver Valley provides a steady diet of small game and particularly deer carcass. I do not know if a bald eagle would eat carion, but if I was one, a nice freshly killed deer would be easy to spot and there are a lot of them in the valley. Surely they eat more than just fish? We see them flying near the cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment although they nest in the river zone.
The turkey vultures have returned 15 days early this year according to locals. coinciding with the departure of the eagles. I've seen the golden eagle in Temagami, few things are more majestic. |
brian
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Post Number: 1317
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, March 26, 2011 - 10:43 am: |
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Alex Mathias and his family have been seeing bald eagles at their home at the mouth of the Obabika River for years now. They start arriving around March and are attracted to the open water at the mouth of the river.
I don't recall if he has said any overwintered. |
grncnu
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Post Number: 56
Registered: 08-2010
| | Posted on Saturday, March 26, 2011 - 8:47 pm: |
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interesting, i had no idea they arrived so early. also i am pretty sure they do eat carrion: i remember reading that theodore roosevelt objected to choosing the bald eagle as a symbol for this reason, and advocated the grizzly bear instead! |
kevin
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Post Number: 23
Registered: 04-2004
| | Posted on Monday, March 28, 2011 - 9:20 am: |
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We would see them in March as well on Lady Evelyn. I always wondered what they would be eating that time of year, not too much open water around there then. |
peterme
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Post Number: 27
Registered: 01-2007
| | Posted on Monday, March 28, 2011 - 11:34 am: |
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My eagle sighting has really peaked my intrest...few quick facts: they soar as high as 10,000ft, can spot a fish from over a mile high!!some do enjoy carion, but diet mostly: fish,small mammals,other birds and snakes..flying distance daily in search of food..10-20 miles with over an 8' wing span... |
ed
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Post Number: 989
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 10:58 am: |
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And they can swim as well! |
mehingan
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Post Number: 10
Registered: 06-2004
| | Posted on Friday, April 1, 2011 - 10:40 pm: |
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the eagle we`ve seen here in obabika seems to stay all year round cuz i`ve seen it in february during ling spawning time and again two days ago i guess cuz pike will be getting ready to spawn but there is alot of muskrats on wakimika so theres lots of food out there. |
grncnu
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Post Number: 61
Registered: 08-2010
| | Posted on Saturday, April 2, 2011 - 6:20 pm: |
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that's interesting to know! |
tsm
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Post Number: 153
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, April 2, 2011 - 8:36 pm: |
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This is likely the same eagle people are/were seeing around the Hub area last year.
This shot was taken from island 1022,(entrance to Spawning Bay) early July last year. We were sitting on the dock, soaking in the sun and solitude when all of a sudden a merganser with 4 ducklings, about 200 hundred yards away, started quacking loadly. We then saw the eagle fly from the water up onto the tree when my daughter took the photo. We saw the eagle several times that week, around the same area, and also saw the merganser, still with her 4 ducklings!
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red_cedar_brad
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Post Number: 3
Registered: 01-2011
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 5:09 pm: |
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There seem to be allot of them around Red Cedar and are even nesting in two areas. We have had them all winter for several years now. Up to 11 on the ice at one time, i put a road kill carcase for them each year. Today there were 4, one being an American eagle which seems some bit larger than the bald eagles. They are out now from day light till dark. The most this year is 5 together.
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/Brad1976/2e agles.jpg[/IMG] |
weepished
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Post Number: 4
Registered: 05-2010
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 1:17 pm: |
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Hey Red_cedar_brad,
What's your predictions for water levels this year on Red Cedar, I know they were low last year. I am up every year and was curious what your thoughts were? We nailed a few good rocks last year going into the second narrows and then again in the third.
Look forward to hearing from you |
red_cedar_brad
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Post Number: 4
Registered: 01-2011
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 4:23 pm: |
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The water is low now, all mud actually in front of my place, where those eagles are standing its ice sitting on mud. There is allot of snow and run off this year so in or around the 2nd week of May the water will come up to normal or even higher than normal water levels. |
bush_pilot
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Post Number: 200
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 11:59 am: |
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Keep an eye out for eagles in the McPherson Lake, Makobe Lake area. |
canoehead
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Post Number: 12
Registered: 09-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 10:26 pm: |
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We have a few pairs in southwestern ont. as well,twenty minutes from my home south of St. Thomas on county road 45..they hunt along Catfish creek..it took 4 years but a farmer now located its nest !! |
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