The Denver Post wrote:The photographers who line up at a Mississippi River lock to snap images of eagles are getting help from a man with a giant slingshot that flings dead fish into the open water.
Ken Kester, who built the contraption, calls it a “fish launcher."
I have look for eagles almost every weekend and still haver seen any. All the lakes are frozen solid so I am guessing they are still out on the rivers.
Cranes should be "here" (central Nebraska) in 15-20 days.
There were a couple dozen eagles up at Gavenspoint Dam yesterday.
As far as that dudes fish launcher, is it legal to feed bald eagles?
Most of the town lakes are frozen. This one has a large resident population of ducks and Canada geese which keeps the water stirred up, so there's a nice pool in the middle of the otherwise frozen lake. the "ice shore line" moves from day to day, depending on the weather.
Just got off the phone with one of the people at Rowe Sanctuary, they saw their first Sandhill Crane of 2014 today!
The old saying is they start showing up at Valentine's Day, Peak at St Patrick's Day, and are gone by Tax Day. Looks like they are right on time this year.
I saw a bald eagle flying near the river from my drive on I-29 by the 35th st & Ave G exit in Council Bluffs today. I couldn't snag a pic because I was driving
thenewguy wrote:I saw a bald eagle flying near the river from my drive on I-29 by the 35th st & Ave G exit in Council Bluffs today. I couldn't snag a pic because I was driving
Woos. Have you not thought that this moment in your life might avail itself. Do you not keep your camera at your side at every given moment? Do you not test your 'drive by skills' every afternoon?
thenewguy wrote:I saw a bald eagle flying near the river from my drive on I-29 by the 35th st & Ave G exit in Council Bluffs today. I couldn't snag a pic because I was driving
Woos. Have you not thought that this moment in your life might avail itself. Do you not keep your camera at your side at every given moment? Do you not test your 'drive by skills' every afternoon?
-100 internet points my friend.
Haha. It was totally unexpected. I had to second guess myself, but the sun hit the bird just right and saw the white tail and white head...and the fact that it was huge gave it away. I saw a bunch of little birds chasing it, and that struck me a little bit, too. I've seen a lot of Canadian Geese landing in unusual places, too, so it sort of makes sense.
Lake Wanahoo north of Wahoo now has two Bald eagle nests. A pair of eagles is currently building a large nest on the far Northern side of the lake. I see at least one eagle up there probably 50% of the time I drive around the lake.
Brad wrote:I drove all around this past weekend and saw zero eagles again. Everywhere from Manawa to Pacific Junction, IA
I did see that Squaw Creek now has 30, so may be they are on their way back north.
I see them sitting on the ice on the ponds along I29 south of CB, almost every day of the week.
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Took a short drive along Platte River Drive a few miles west of Doniphan yesterday afternoon. From this past Sunday to now, the numbers in Hall County have exploded! Images mostly taken from inside the car... it was way too cold and windy!
Coyote wrote:Exploded? I should say! Didn't the first Arrive on the 13th?
I think that's about the first I'd heard. I didn't see my first ones till the 19th and that was a flyover by four riding the thermals almost too high to see. On the 22nd I found a gathering of several dozen. Yesterday was my first chance to go back out that way and i found three huge clusters and a few smallish ones over about a four mile stretch.
When I got to Dodge Park, there were only two, but then one by one they came in off the river and perched in the trees. I think I got some good photos I will post up later.
Even at 400mm with a 1.4x, the ones at the BK bridge were so far away, not sure how they will look on the computer.
Lots of nice shots! In your next to last shot, I have a few like that... where I held my breath, snapped away and later discovered a lone snowgoose hangin' with the big birds.
Candleshoe wrote:Lots of nice shots! In your next to last shot, I have a few like that... where I held my breath, snapped away and later discovered a lone snowgoose hangin' with the big birds.
I thought it was Bob the Whooping Crane who thinks he's a Sandhill Crane.
I think it was Bob the Crane also. We were Al long ways from water. There were no other snow geese around. He was also near we and others have seen him in the past.
