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riversedge

(79,653 posts)
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:03 PM Yesterday

A rare sight in British Columbia 🦅 A large group of bald eagles gathered across a snowy mountainside, an unusual moment

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 rare sight in British Columbia 🦅 A large group of bald eagles gathered across a snowy mountainside, an unusual moment (Original Post) riversedge Yesterday OP
Fishermen in Alaska see that many all the time, apparently! A HERETIC I AM Yesterday #1
I'd recommend a trip to Canada over the US currently RockCreek Yesterday #9
I'm sure they do A HERETIC I AM Yesterday #10
This was taken about 2 years ago, a mile from my house (Pic of a bald eagle doing bald eagle things, like eating) A HERETIC I AM 23 hrs ago #11
Wow! SheltieLover Yesterday #2
Preparing en masse for malaise Yesterday #3
When I was in BC their were alot near the coast of White Rock lame54 Yesterday #4
That is great. surfered Yesterday #5
Is their a salmon river nearby? Brother Buzz Yesterday #6
Not *that* rare Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #7
I've been through Nanaimo. BluesRunTheGame 23 hrs ago #12
Nanaimo was just rated the #2 city for livability in Canada! Fiendish Thingy 22 hrs ago #13
That's good news and bad news at the same time BluesRunTheGame 22 hrs ago #14
Well, at present, housing is way cheaper than Victoria or the mainland Fiendish Thingy 22 hrs ago #15
Good to know. BluesRunTheGame 22 hrs ago #16
They know. chowder66 Yesterday #8
Wow that's cool 😎 MustLoveBeagles 21 hrs ago #17
I live very close to the Mississippi River and we've had eagles all year round. a kennedy 20 hrs ago #18
AccuWeather is wrong again. Thousands of Eagles in Vancouver at composting site Donkees 15 hrs ago #19

RockCreek

(1,397 posts)
9. I'd recommend a trip to Canada over the US currently
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:24 PM
Yesterday

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)
10. I'm sure they do
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:30 PM
Yesterday

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)
11. This was taken about 2 years ago, a mile from my house (Pic of a bald eagle doing bald eagle things, like eating)
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:52 PM
23 hrs ago


The middle of a relatively busy street.

Fiendish Thingy

(22,208 posts)
7. Not *that* rare
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:20 PM
Yesterday

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)
12. I've been through Nanaimo.
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 08:22 PM
23 hrs ago

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)
13. Nanaimo was just rated the #2 city for livability in Canada!
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 08:48 PM
22 hrs ago

So fortunate to live here, in so many ways.

BluesRunTheGame

(1,941 posts)
14. That's good news and bad news at the same time
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 09:13 PM
22 hrs ago

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.

It’s still a beautiful place but you need a lot of money.

Fiendish Thingy

(22,208 posts)
15. Well, at present, housing is way cheaper than Victoria or the mainland
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 09:21 PM
22 hrs ago

Nanaimo is only about 110,000 people, and it’s 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.

a kennedy

(35,390 posts)
18. I live very close to the Mississippi River and we've had eagles all year round.
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 11:01 PM
20 hrs ago

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.

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