Bald Eagles
This from the Akron Beacon Journal today - there are a record high number of bald eagles wintering in Ohio this year, up 100 from just a year ago, including 11 known eagles in Geauga County.
"''Ohio's bald eagle population continues to expand throughout the state,'' said biologist Mark Shieldcastle of the Division of Wildlife.
''Last fall's mild temperatures made eagle viewing excellent this year,'' he said. ''Open water has held Ohio birds, and good weather allowed counters to get out and locate them.''
That total included 426 mature and 223 immature birds.
Immature bald eagles have dark heads, not the white heads of mature bald eagles. The dark-headed birds are generally less than 5 years old.
This year's count included 24 birds in the Akron-Canton area: five in Summit County, four in Stark, four in Medina, two in Wayne and nine in Portage.
Other counties in Northeast Ohio included Cuyahoga with seven eagles, Ashtabula with 12, Geauga with 11, Trumbull with 45 and Mahoning with 13." more from the article here....
In general, bald eagles have made quite a comeback since DDT was banned in 1972 - although for many years they were on the endangered species list, they were removed from that list in June last year by the US Department of the Interior, and now there are bald eagles found in every state.
We have quite a few in Connecticut, mostly nesting along the Connecticut River - as eagles are hunting and fishing birds, they like to be around water. I saw what I believe to be a juvenile bald eagle in our backyard a couple of winters ago - it had evidently picked up some carrion from a roadkill and was hauling what looked like a large rack of spareribs around the yard. This was a huge bird, incredibly fierce looking - wouldn't want to be face to face with him!
Although this article doesn't say so, other reading suggests that a good place to go looking for bald eagles in Geauga County is Headwaters Park in Huntsburgh. For those who would rather see their birds online and let others do the spotting, the Blackbrook Audubon Society, serving Lake and Geauga Counties has a rather nice website where members can post pictures of their sitings - including a couple of eagles!
"''Ohio's bald eagle population continues to expand throughout the state,'' said biologist Mark Shieldcastle of the Division of Wildlife.
''Last fall's mild temperatures made eagle viewing excellent this year,'' he said. ''Open water has held Ohio birds, and good weather allowed counters to get out and locate them.''
That total included 426 mature and 223 immature birds.
Immature bald eagles have dark heads, not the white heads of mature bald eagles. The dark-headed birds are generally less than 5 years old.
This year's count included 24 birds in the Akron-Canton area: five in Summit County, four in Stark, four in Medina, two in Wayne and nine in Portage.
Other counties in Northeast Ohio included Cuyahoga with seven eagles, Ashtabula with 12, Geauga with 11, Trumbull with 45 and Mahoning with 13." more from the article here....
In general, bald eagles have made quite a comeback since DDT was banned in 1972 - although for many years they were on the endangered species list, they were removed from that list in June last year by the US Department of the Interior, and now there are bald eagles found in every state.
We have quite a few in Connecticut, mostly nesting along the Connecticut River - as eagles are hunting and fishing birds, they like to be around water. I saw what I believe to be a juvenile bald eagle in our backyard a couple of winters ago - it had evidently picked up some carrion from a roadkill and was hauling what looked like a large rack of spareribs around the yard. This was a huge bird, incredibly fierce looking - wouldn't want to be face to face with him!
Although this article doesn't say so, other reading suggests that a good place to go looking for bald eagles in Geauga County is Headwaters Park in Huntsburgh. For those who would rather see their birds online and let others do the spotting, the Blackbrook Audubon Society, serving Lake and Geauga Counties has a rather nice website where members can post pictures of their sitings - including a couple of eagles!
posted by Carol at 8:26 AM
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Paul saw an eagle while on a ski in the woods across from Villa Mir last weekend. Maybe if we provide a pond, they'll come over for a visit! -- Laura
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