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March 31, 2012, a year almost to the day, the eagle returned to the same tree in our yard.
Beth Burns
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Reston resident Beth Burns snapped these photos of bald eagles by her home near Lake Audubon Saturday.
Burns says eagles were resting in the same spot exactly a year ago.
Meanwhile, another eagle was spotted lying dead on the side of the road on Sunrise Valley near South Lakes Drive on Thursday.
It is not known how the eagle died, but animal control was called to take the bird away.
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Beth
3:58 pm on Saturday, March 31, 2012
Actually, the eagle was resting, not nesting, in our tree last year. And hunting. One day she brought up something gory to the tree and ate it, while lots of "stuff" dripped down onto the yard. I hoped it was a fish..
Karen Goff
5:30 pm on Saturday, March 31, 2012
Sorry about that. Fixed the typo.
Julie Fitzpatrick
2:54 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
The eagles are back with a family! This morning I watched two juvenile bald eagles hanging out on Snakeden Branch near where it dumps into Lake Audubon. One eagle stayed for about an hour and the other for nearly two hours. I have a photo, but it is not very good and I don't know how to upload photos on this site.
Beth
2:57 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Julie! I'll keep an eye out for them. We're on Audubon roughly halfway between Snakeden and the public ramp. Were adults around too?
(Note: the above photo is from 2012, not this year.)
Julie Fitzpatrick
5:11 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
I didn't see any adults. These were not large juveniles - probably 2nd year - based on showing my photo to a ecologist at work and this website. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bald_Eagle/id
I know that the photo posted is from last year - this is wonderful that we have now had bald eagles for three years in a row!
Beth
5:26 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
For those interested, there's lots of good eagle info and a cam - though it's temporarily down - in Maryland at Blackwater Falls - a nice day trip. Lisa, the web/cam/blog person, is extremely knowledgable, and has been generous in years past answering my questions. Check out the eagle FAQ.
http://www.friendsofblackwater.org/camhtm2.html
Beth
5:52 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Blackwater also has a nice Eagle Watcher's Guide in a PDF, with an Eagle fact at the bottom of each page - maybe nice for parents/kids.
http://www.friendsofblackwater.org/watchersguide.pdf
Julie Fitzpatrick
9:18 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
A neighbor saw one of the adults a couple of days ago.
Beth
9:25 am on Sunday, February 10, 2013
Two adult bald eagles were just in the same tree in our yard where we've seen them before. A crow was harassing one of them. : ) My camera wouldn't turn on and by the time I got my phone to try to get a photo, one had taken off. The other followed shortly after. They were heading toward the Audubon public ramp.