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03-20-2022, 07:08 PM
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Bald Eagles migrating back
Was driving from the North Okanagan to Alberta yesterday.
From Vernon to Calgary I saw 7 bald eagles.
From Calgary to Edmonton I saw 4 more bald eagles circling overhead.
They're back!
Also saw a whole bunch of Canada Geese flying back. Plus 2 dead deer hit by cars on the highway.
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03-20-2022, 07:41 PM
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I saw a huge Golden Eagle today, looked big enough to ride on!
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03-20-2022, 08:30 PM
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big old cottonwood out behind the house.....13 bald eagles sitting in it last week.
they're eating my gophers!
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03-20-2022, 08:36 PM
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Lots of eagle stay in the okanogan all winter
Bunch constantly hang out at the dump in Vernon and Kelowna
If there’s open water all year, you’ll find them
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03-20-2022, 08:37 PM
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Saw a bald Eagle just off the side of the highway last Thursday, about 1km this side of Hardisty.
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03-20-2022, 09:12 PM
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I'm just outside Okotoks, and they started showing up about a week ago. Usually stick around for 1-2 weeks, dining on gophers before moving on to their summer home. Always a bit amazed that the same pair seem to show up the same week every year.
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03-20-2022, 09:14 PM
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I didn't think bald eagles migrated, I had one steal a jack off the ice at Island Lake by Athabasca years ago. Started seeing geese last week.
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03-20-2022, 10:05 PM
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Seen a bald eagle a month ago by Prince George.
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03-20-2022, 10:30 PM
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I've been seeing them semi regular all winter in the Drayton - Cynthia area. Actually have for years
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03-20-2022, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Anomaly85
I'm just outside Okotoks, and they started showing up about a week ago. Usually stick around for 1-2 weeks, dining on gophers before moving on to their summer home. Always a bit amazed that the same pair seem to show up the same week every year.
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That is pretty cool
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03-20-2022, 11:22 PM
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There's a live cam on a Bald Eagles nest here in Palm Springs on Big Bear Mtn, she had 2 eggs one recently just hatched ... interesting to watch. Chick 1 hatched 3/3 16:14 🥚 The remaining egg is not expected to hatch at this point. It will likely be broken by activity in the nest and become part of the nest.
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Y-Tube Link .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-L2nfGcuE
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03-21-2022, 06:56 AM
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Some definitely don't migrate, this one lives up at Premier Lake year round.
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03-21-2022, 06:57 AM
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Had at least 7 of them at east calgary landfill. They show up every winter. They are gone now.
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03-21-2022, 09:30 AM
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Calving season, they'll be around to clean up, saw one on Friday.
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03-21-2022, 11:58 AM
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Ask any coyote trapper that uses bait, eagles are a royal pain all winter long. I’ve had up to 3 or 4 of them on one bait station. And they eat a lot! If they eat too much they can’t fly, they somehow claw their way up into a tree and stay there until they lose enough weight to fly again.
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03-21-2022, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by aardvaark
Ask any coyote trapper that uses bait, eagles are a royal pain all winter long. I’ve had up to 3 or 4 of them on one bait station. And they eat a lot! If they eat too much they can’t fly, they somehow claw their way up into a tree and stay there until they lose enough weight to fly again.
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I've had Golden eagles on my wolf bait.
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03-21-2022, 03:57 PM
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I do believe they are one of the biggest scavengers for our part of the continent as far as birds go. We have a chit load of rabbits here in Calgary. MMMMMM Rabbit they say. Love to see them fly.
It almost seems like the ravens tease em to get them to fly. Then it's like a game on. They (more than one raven) will chase the eagle for a bit and the eagle will be like I had enough and got enough altitude and shut them down. Like a game of tag. Wish I got the vids of that
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03-21-2022, 04:16 PM
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Quite a come-back story - eagle populations were in bad shape when I was a kid. Seeing one was a big deal in the 60's & 70's! When DDT was found to cause thin eggshells and neurological problems, it was banned in North America and they've made a huge comeback. If you hunt in areas where eagles feast on gut-piles, you may wish to replace lead ammunition with 'mono' types. Eating lead bullet fragments is now the biggest threat to them.
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03-21-2022, 05:13 PM
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Many never leave. We have a pair right beside our old house in Calgary that is there all year. I was also in Northern B.C. a few weeks ago and saw many there. Doing Sask/Mb run for work right now and have seen a few out here as well so they are all over.
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Originally Posted by tranq78
Was driving from the North Okanagan to Alberta yesterday.
From Vernon to Calgary I saw 7 bald eagles.
From Calgary to Edmonton I saw 4 more bald eagles circling overhead.
They're back!
Also saw a whole bunch of Canada Geese flying back. Plus 2 dead deer hit by cars on the highway.
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03-21-2022, 05:29 PM
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Not the biggest bird scavenger in Alberta anymore. The turkey vulture is huge and in large numbers in central Alberta.
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03-21-2022, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by calgarygringo
Many never leave. We have a pair right beside our old house in Calgary that is there all year. I was also in Northern B.C. a few weeks ago and saw many there. Doing Sask/Mb run for work right now and have seen a few out here as well so they are all over.
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Went here pre Covid, but my timing was out, only saw a couple.
https://www.alaska.org/detail/alaska...eagle-preserve
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03-21-2022, 09:18 PM
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Funny on my way to Prince Rupert from Terrace there were many all along the Skeena in the trees, soaring thru the air above and on the exposed rocks on my way back when the water went down. I stopped for a pit stop at one of the rest stations and read a sign I have always ignored explaining that there is a run on this certain fish out to the ocean in Feb/Mar and the eagles gorge on these things. I figure they were probably there for that reason. All kinds of people out with monster telephoto lenses taking pics and even saw a few kayaks on the river where the cameras looked as long as the kayaks. There were many. I was surprised to have seen some out here in Man/Sask this week though.
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03-22-2022, 09:19 AM
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Bald eagles are regular main clean up at wolf kills all winter. They have the highest 'pecking' order over ravens and grey jays.
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