Saturday, September 10, 2016

Eagles

When we went for our ride last night there was a lot of wildlife activity.

A young whitetail buck was hit by a car and died near one of the ponds that the rain made in a local field.  There was a bunch of bald eagles there young and old…eight was the most I could count.  Visiting them was a turkey vulture.

Eagle and Vulture

Turkey vulture and a young eagle.

Eagles taking off

A young eagle and a bald eagle taking off.

Immature Eagles

Three immature eagles.

We continued on our rounds, we saw four wild turkeys and about thirty deer give or take one or two. 

Just before dark we went back to the pond in the mustard field.Eagles at sunset

Food must be scarce to see this many eagles in one area.

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18 comments:

Tom said...

I haven't seen an eagle in years...thanks!

Rita said...

Maybe not as many deer are being hit by cars this year. The eagles know a good thing when they see it. Easy pickin's. Get it while it is fresh. ;)

Tired Teacher said...

I've never seen more than two eagles at one time. Thanks for posting the photos and for being in the right place at the right time to capture the eagles.

Mac n' Janet said...

I don't think I've ever seen a group of eagles like that, vultures, yes, but not eagles.

Linda W. said...

Cool to see so many eagles in one place. Good you had your camera ready!

Country Gal said...

Nature has it purpose that's for sure . The Eagles may be migrating could be why there were so many . Great photos . Thanks for sharing , Have a good day !

Paula said...

WOW! You are so lucky to get to see the bald eagles. I saw one here in Kansas once and was so excited!! I love watching the wildlife. Beautiful pictures!

Patsy said...

We have to go a long way to see eagles, but one day we saw a Red head
Turkey Buzzard in here. What a surprise!
You have the best place to live and see wild things.

Anonymous said...

Your rides provide you (and us) with some great photos. Hope you both and Chance are enjoying the day.

Terry and Linda said...

Lucky, lucky you!

Linda

DJan said...

The way the world works: one critter dies and feeds dozens more. We see eagles here all the time, but they never stop seeing magnificent. :-)

Granny Marigold said...

Eagles are often seen around here and a few times, around this time of the year, we've seen large flocks (?) of them out in the country. * Is a large number of eagles called something special? Like a congregation of eagles or something similar?

Cynthia said...

How exciting to see so many eagles at once! It's almost like along the Mississippi in winter when they congregate where the food is.

Red said...

Nature has a method to take care of things. Everybody gets their part in the feast.

Shirley said...

I think it is migration time for the eagles. Very cool to see them up close and personal.

Karen said...

I always enjoy seeing the eagles, unless they are threatening our chickens! A few years ago when they were clearing out some chicken barns, and there must have been a lot of dead chickens? (we are just guessing) there were what seemed like hundreds of eagles sitting in the trees. It was amazing to see.

Linda Reeder said...

Looks like the eagles were enjoying their fresh venison. Here we mostly see eagles around bodies of water, fishing or picking off ducks.

thecrazysheeplady said...

We now have two bald eagle now in Harrison County. They aren't normally in this part of the country, but have moved in along the river.