Re: Eagle watching

LOL - yeah, he wanted the wild turkey for our national bird.  Great pics
Tricia!

On 1/12/09, Catharine Carpenter <cathycrc@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Of course, Benjamin Franklin considered it a "bird of bad character"!
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>
> On Jan 12, 2009, at 10:54 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
>
> You know what's funny Tricia...the tree and sky looks almost the same in
>> the
>> pictures I took.  Amazing.  Maybe the sky is a little bluer.  There is a
>> big
>> river that runs through my husband's family farm, and lots of trees.  The
>> bald eagles started re-populating there about 20 years ago and the their
>> numbers keep increasing.  Takes my breath away when I see one.  Such a
>> regal
>> bird.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/12/09, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Very cool picture Tricia.  For those that wanted to see some bald eagle
>>> pics...I attached the two that I took at Thanksgiving in Missouri three
>>> years ago.  I followed it in my car when I saw it flying...and when it
>>> landed, I took this close up (as close as I could get without making him
>>> fly
>>> off).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/12/09, andreah <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> me too me too! That sounds amazing.
>>>> A
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 8:41 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Eagle watching
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ooh... me too please!  I would love to see them.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Donna
>>>>>
>>>>> --- On Sun, 1/11/09, Patricia Dickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Patricia Dickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Eagle watching
>>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>>> Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 6:38 PM
>>>>>
>>>>> I did ... I will send them on your personal e-mail so I don't bog down
>>>>> this
>>>>> one.
>>>>> Tricia
>>>>>
>>>>> --- On Sun, 1/11/09, Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Eagle watching
>>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>>> Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 12:55 PM
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't suppose you got any pictures?   Bet it was an amazing sight.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1/11/09, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Wow!!  Very cool.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Patricia Dickson
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <pdickson@sbcglobal.net
>>>>>
>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My husband took me to watch eagles yesterday.  We drove towards the
>>>>>>> Illinois
>>>>>>> River, planning on driving all the way to the Mississippi in
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alton,Ill.  We
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> didn't see any for a long long time and I began to think we
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> wouldn't see
>>>>>
>>>>>  any
>>>>>>> at all.  I was enjoying being out for a drive anyway.  Then we saw
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> one,
>>>>>
>>>>> it
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>> just sitting in a tree above a lot to get  in line to cross the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brussels
>>>>>
>>>>>  Ferry.  From there we saw more and more until we saw so many right
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> past
>>>>>
>>>>> the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> bridge at Alton.  I could count as many as 25 easily.  So amazing to
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> watch.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We also saw 2 huge nests.  The information we picked up said that the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> nest
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>> be 10 feet across.  They were huge, with such big sticks.   I think I
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> could
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> easily say we saw over 50 eagles in total for the day.  Good day!
>>>>>>> Tricia
>>>>>>>
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>>>>> Pam Evans
>>>>> Kemp TX
>>>>> zone 8A
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