mikey52
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I live in the hills about 3 miles from the Wabash river, here in south Indiana. There have been eagles along the river for several miles, for a few years now. Last year we saw an eagle about a mile from our house, at the edge of a big lake. Last fall we saw another one about a mile from our house going the other direction, just sitting in a corn field about 50 yards from the highway. Today I look out the window and there sits a huge eagle in my walnut tree, in my side yard. Wife and I both watched him with the binoculars, about 40 yards away. What a fantastic bird, bright yellow beak and feet, the white on his head and tail was pure white. After a bit she flew to the front yard and on the edge of a highway, and took off, then swooped to the ground a couple of times over the open fields.
I thought that there might be some road kill on the highway, there normally is, but not this time. Mrs. Bald Eagle was after some icing covered doughnuts, that someone tossed out their windows. I think she was swooping down to the ground and picking up the pieces of doughnuts ,she was dropping.
The birds in my feeders were no where to be seen, while it was in the walnut tree. Woodpeckers and all, had vanished. I guess I'll remember this day for a long time. I suspect it was a female, huge bird maybe a 6 ft. wingspan, and probably taller than my lab. Mikey
I thought that there might be some road kill on the highway, there normally is, but not this time. Mrs. Bald Eagle was after some icing covered doughnuts, that someone tossed out their windows. I think she was swooping down to the ground and picking up the pieces of doughnuts ,she was dropping.
The birds in my feeders were no where to be seen, while it was in the walnut tree. Woodpeckers and all, had vanished. I guess I'll remember this day for a long time. I suspect it was a female, huge bird maybe a 6 ft. wingspan, and probably taller than my lab. Mikey
