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Re: SV: BALD EAGLE! yikes!



On 4-Sep-09, at 12:00 PM, Tommy Tyrberg wrote:

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I do know how overwhelming a Haliaeetus eagle can be very close up. I
was once standing near a cliff at a large lake in Sweden counting ducks, when a White-Tailed Eagle that had been roosting unnoticed in the forest behind me suddenly flew out just over my head. It literally almost made
me fall over the cliff edge.

Tommy Tyrberg

I'd have to say you're very lucky it wasn't a hungry golden. You could've ended up like these unfortunate fellas: http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iFOVi0vJGU

Speaking of "baldy" sightings, I once observed one gliding directly over me in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia once. I was in the Future Shop parking lot and just happened to look up and notice the almost unmistakable (brown body, white head & tail) of one. I'd never ever saw one in NS before, let alone knew that they were even in the area. The other people probably wondered what the hell I was looking at, it was VERY high up.