Bald eagles

[Richee33]

It is a beautiful bird !

 

[elkfisher]

Nothing more pristine .When your out doing what you love to do.

 

[george]

Nothing more pristine .When your out doing what you love to do.

Where did you see that one?

 

[elkfisher]

Where did you see that one?

Jamiaca Bay
Not this year . Saw them but out of camera range this year

 

[george]

Jamiaca Bay
Not this year . Saw them but out of camera range this year

Makes sense. There's plenty of fish around.

 

[Koz]

This one was taken from a remote camera this morning. It's a younger bird probably around 3-4 years old.

He's been hanging out there for about an hour!

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WOW! I saw a bird like this about 4-5 weeks ago. On my street, atop a telephone pole just like this shot. I am less than a mile as the eagle flies from SBH.

When I stopped the truck (almost underneath the pole) it flew off. I initially thought it was an osprey, but I could not 100% sure. Now I am 98% sure!

Like you said in the other post, most likely the same bird. However, the bald eagle I saw several times two years ago was no juvenile.

I heard that there is likely a nest in the SBH area. It was in last week's Smithtown News.

 

[george]

WOW! I saw a bird like this about 4-5 weeks ago. On my street, atop a telephone pole just like this shot. I am less than a mile as the eagle flies from SBH.

When I stopped the truck (almost underneath the pole) it flew off. I initially thought it was an osprey, but I could not 100% sure. Now I am 98% sure!

Like you said in the other post, most likely the same bird. However, the bald eagle I saw several times two years ago was no juvenile.

I heard that there is likely a nest in the SBH area. It was in last week's Smithtown News.

There is. As long as we have all this big bait around they will thrive here.

 

[pequa1]

Osprey, spring of 2016, over Marjorie Post Park in Massapequa. No eagles here, but ospreys relatively common.

 

[Capt13]

Bird count news this year showed 400 nesting pairs of Bald Eagles up from 200 last year, east of wading river. Hard to believe !

 

[pequa1]

Bird count news this year showed 400 nesting pairs of Bald Eagles up from 200 last year, east of wading river. Hard to believe !

Just on eastern long island ??!!

 

[Capt13]

Crazy, right ? I still find it hard to believe .....

 

[Capt13]

I asked my friend if he was talking about osprey's maybe?
I'll have to find out where his info came from.

 

[pequa1]

I thought I had read in the whole state of NY there were approximately that many. It just seems way too many.

Yup, edited to say its the whole state- Bald eagles thriving in record numbers in NY
The DEC has a great site as well, but fails to list a current count: Bald Eagle Fact Sheet
Even so, I was in my 60s when I finally saw one in the wild...

 

[PropellerJohnII]

While trout fishing in Wantagh this afternoon, watched 3 different osprey feed themselves with fresh trout. o: amazing

 

[Roccus7]

Osprey love trout stockings, and koi ponds, LOL. Up here they don't have those luxuries and have to work for their dinner, unless it's alewive time.

 

[george]

Here's a great shot of one of the Centerport Eagles with a meal!

 

[Avenger]

Thank God you explained that.

 

[Roccus7]

Eel, it's what's for dinner!!!

 

[CELLFISH]

Nice... cellie...

 

[george]

It's not often a Bald Eagle is spotted in Manhattan. This eagle was found in Riverside Park on the Upper West Side of Manhattan yesterday. It's just a matter of time before they set up home there. Plenty of rodents and bunker there.

It's pretty amazing that we now have over 100-pair of nesting Eagles in NY when you consider there was a single pair in the early '60s.