[bcbirdclub] Search for Bald Eagle nest
- From: "Roger Mayhorn" <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "BCBC Listserve" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 00:25:55 -0400
Hi All,
Yesterday David Raines and I went in search of the Bald Eagle nest reported on
the Big Sandy watershed. We found the spot where the nest was to be found and
immediately found two adult Bald Eagles.
Here is a photo of one of them.
We searched the spot where the nest is supposed to be located, but the trees
are now in full foliage and the nest is not visible. Those who reported the
nest found it before the leaves were out. One of the fellows who found the nest
said that he had seen large Bald Eagles' nests in Florida, and this one, though
large, is not as large as those. He went on to say that he had seen the eagles
at this nest as early as February of this year and as recently as late March.
He said he hadn't been back to the area since then.
David and I could not get close enough to the nest site for a look at it
because the tree where the nest is said to be is situated among other trees
atop a sheer cliff. We may have found a way to get to a point where we will be
able to see and possibly photograph the nest without getting too close to
disturb the eagles of course.
I took some photos of the mountainside where the nest is said to be, and later
while looking through them I found what looks like a Bald Eagle, though some
distance from the camera, sitting among the foliage. You can judge for yourself
if you think it is an eagle. Here is the photo.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
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