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Sure a whole lot of them.
A rare sight in British Columbia 🦅 A large group of bald eagles gathered across a snowy mountainside, an unusual moment for a species typically seen alone.
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A HERETIC I AM
(24,856 posts)RockCreek
(1,397 posts)But Haines, Alaska is a center for this.
https://www.visithaines.com/plan-your-visit/nearby/chilkat-bald-eagle-preserve/
I wonder if nearby areas of BC, Canada get such gatherings.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,856 posts)I live in Jacksonville, FL and we have at least two nesting pairs in my immediate area that hang around most of the year. I see them flying around occasionally and a year ago one of them was in the middle of the street on my way to work, eating fresh roadkill.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,856 posts)
The middle of a relatively busy street.
SheltieLover
(77,173 posts)Ty for sharing!
malaise
(293,242 posts)Donvict😀
lame54
(39,233 posts)surfered
(11,838 posts)Brother Buzz
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pegFiendish Thingy
(22,208 posts)We took a cruise to Alaska many years ago, and at one stop, on the way to whatever tourist attraction we were visiting, our bus passed the local landfill, which was swarming with bald eagles- there were as many eagles as seagulls you would normally see at landfills farther south.
In my town of Nanaimo on Vancouver island in BC, in the spring and summer we see small groups of 3-6 Bald eagles circling the sky looking for food (including rabbits and pets out in the open). This is over a fairly dense, but wooded, residential neighborhood.
BluesRunTheGame
(1,941 posts)Vancouver Island is a beautiful part of the world.
I hiked the West Coast Trail back in 1978. Quite the adventure!
Fiendish Thingy
(22,208 posts)So fortunate to live here, in so many ways.
BluesRunTheGame
(1,941 posts)Often, places that start getting positive media attention become popular and expensive.
I lived in Boulder, Colorado in the early 80s. It was dirt cheap, loads of fun and amazingly beautiful. Newsweek published an article called Where the hip meet to trip. Other publications listed us as one of the best places to live in the US. Pretty quickly things started to change.
Its still a beautiful place but you need a lot of money.
Fiendish Thingy
(22,208 posts)Nanaimo is only about 110,000 people, and its long and narrow along the coast. The city council is pretty good about soliciting input from citizens on what the priorities should be, including growth.
BluesRunTheGame
(1,941 posts)Canada might be better at managing that sort of thing than we are.
chowder66
(11,888 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(14,921 posts)Thanks for posting
a kennedy
(35,390 posts)Have counted 5 at one time.
When driving to Winona Mn, 18 miles from my home
..I have counted 10 eagles nests on that drive. We have them, just not THAT many.