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« on: June 04, 2008, 08:28:37 AM » |
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Riding in Betzwood Park (across the river from Valley Forge) I saw a adult Bald Eagle snacking on some fish on the side of the Schuylkill, I stopped like 20 feet from him, he looked at me and took off. His wing span must have been 8' across. 
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« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2008, 08:47:39 AM » |
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That's awesome. I've never seen one in the wild. Only at the zoo and even then it was impressive.
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« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2008, 08:50:56 AM » |
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THat is so awesome! I saw like 50 of them all together once in British Columbia Canada years ago on my way home from Whistler. They are beautiful. I also saw one in the Poconos last year. They are much more prevelant than before which is awesome. Can't wait to see one in the Wiss!!!! Check out this site:
www.baldeagleinfo.com/eagle/directory/PA.html
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« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2008, 11:07:28 AM » |
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I think there is a nesting pair in betzwood. i've seen them a couple of times. actually i saw the pair once and one of them another time. the first time was in late spring of '07. i was riding on the park side of the river on the singletrack that parallels the railroad and i must have startled them because they took off out of a tree and flew across the river. i almost fell off my bike. it was a beautiful sight... and they are huge birds! then again i saw one of them in the woods across the river. you have a better chance of seeing them if you are riding alone since there's less noise than a group ride. i haven't seen them in a while but was wondering if they were still around. pretty cool.
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« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2008, 06:47:20 PM » |
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I saw one outside of captivity some years ago. It was sitting on a roof in Bridgeport of all places. I thought it was a statue at first until it turned its head & I freaked since I was only like 50ft from it! I called the Elmwood Park zoo to find out if they had lost one & that turned out negative. Really cool to see something like that up close.
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« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2008, 10:18:34 PM » |
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When my Dad still had her single engine plane down in Florida, one Thanksgiving Holiday we went down and he and i took a few flights around the area. As we were about 1800' I saw a soaring baldy come 50 feet from us. It was so quick but I can still see him/her in my mind. Awesome birds. I also saw many from the boat up the inland water passage from Vancouver to Juneau.
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« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2008, 07:30:37 AM » |
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yeah awesome birds; they taste like chicken
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« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2008, 11:15:50 AM » |
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yo fish. that's so sick! they actually taste more like frog's legs.
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« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2008, 07:41:54 AM » |
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Rodga- that's a special forces tatoo..
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« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2008, 09:26:32 AM » |
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Eagles, frog legs, cat, it all tastes like chicken
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« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2008, 07:25:49 AM » |
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I talked to a Fish yesterday and he mentioned he just got back from the Forge with his son and was raving about how nice the trails were so I decidided to do a solo ride there. As im riding, im thinking about this thread and how much I would love to see this eagle. Just like that I look down as im flying down the trail I see an unusually awesome feather on the trail. I blow past it then turn around and grab the feather. I thought it could be an eagles feather. I finish my ride flying like an eagle and go home and look on the inernet and for sure, its an eagles feather. I didnt see the eagle but he sure let me know he was there. The feather is over a foot long and very impressive. Also, apparently possessing an eagles feather is illegal for a non native american with a fine up to $25,000. My brother in law is an FBI agent and we're riding the Forge today and im going to dare him to arrest me for this alleged offense.
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« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2008, 11:45:43 PM » |
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Dude, that's a pigeon!!!!
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« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2008, 05:28:45 PM » |
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Are you sure that's not a Turkey?
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