Our landfill is full of freedom

[Red Squirrel]

Had no idea we even had bald eagles here let alone this many! This was taken at our landfill:

According to a FB post there are 43 confirmed that hang out there.

 

[Kaido]

Hah, I actually just saw the first bald eagle I've seen in years in my area, just the other day. They seem to be making a comeback!

 

[BoomerD]

They're advance scouts...preparing for the invasion.

We have quite a few of them here. There's a mating pair that spends most of the year in the woods behind our neighborhood...they cruise the little creek that runs through it looking for salmon. We had a decent run of spawning salmon this year. I saw at least a couple of dozen fish that were 18-24" long. All of us know to keep a close eye on our small dogs...my smallest one isn't much bigger than a rabbit...

 

[KillerCharlie]

There are a couple of them next to where I work... across the street from an airport with large passenger jets.

 

[KMFJD]

They're advance scouts...preparing for the invasion.

We have quite a few of them here. There's a mating pair that spends most of the year in the woods behind our neighborhood...they cruise the little creek that runs through it looking for salmon. We had a decent run of spawning salmon this year. I saw at least a couple of dozen fish that were 18-24" long. All of us know to keep a close eye on our small dogs...my smallest one isn't much bigger than a rabbit...

Wen't on a grizzly bear tour a couple of years ago, at the end of the tour they threw some food over board to attract eagles, next thing we knew there where about 25-30 of these huge birds swooping into the water grabbing food, awesome to see.

 

[sdifox]

Send the photo to PETA and complain people are throwing bold eagles in the garbage.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Just had the flashback of "It just be raining black people in NY" from MIB.

 

[BoomerD]

Wen't on a grizzly bear tour a couple of years ago, at the end of the tour they threw some food over board to attract eagles, next thing we knew there where about 25-30 of these huge birds swooping into the water grabbing food, awesome to see.

I remember the first time I saw a Bald Eagle scavenging roadkill...I was shocked. All I had ever seen was movies where they gracefully swoop down and catch a fish...or a rabbit...or some other small animal. I was like...
But it makes perfect sense...easy meals are easy meals...

 

[zinfamous]

awesome photo. appropriate, considering the scavenging jackasses that Bald Eagles are.

 

[IronWing]

awesome photo. appropriate, considering the scavenging jackasses that Bald Eagles are.

Somebody steal your fish?

 

[zinfamous]

I remember the first time I saw a Bald Eagle scavenging roadkill...I was shocked. All I had ever seen was movies where they gracefully swoop down and catch a fish...or a rabbit...or some other small animal. I was like...
But it makes perfect sense...easy meals are easy meals...

Have you ever heard one vocalize? It isn't the sharp, stout call that we often associate from the propagandized imagery that us Americans are fed every time that symbol pops up. Baldies have a sickly, revolting screech that is a good bit less grating than nails on a chalkboard.

 

[Pulsar]

The Canadians near / around Michigan send all their garbage over the border into Michigan and it goes into a landfill. We routinely make comments about you can see the landfill hill from miles away, even while out sailing on Lake St. Clair. So I guess it's fair to say our landfill is full of canadians.

 

[Thebobo]

They were an endangered species once in the lower 48. Great comeback mostly due to the removal of DDT from the environment. Now we see even at the landfill we fly our RC stuff from.