[AlArchie]

Over the bluff behind our home, there has always been a pair of bald eagles; up untill last summer, anyway. Someone shot and killed one of the pair, and we haven't seen a resident eagle pair since. Today, right at noon, I glanced out the back and there was a pair of HUGE bald eagles calmly circling the sky over the rocks. Hope for a new year, and hopefully another breeding pair!

Al

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

too bad you can't stick that sucker with a cattle prod until he learns...uh uh! must'nt do that stupid!!!

[torpidhummer]

Stick the sucker with a cattle probe, to bad I'm not allowed say what I would like to do to that simple headed,unAmerican idiot that shot that eagle. I think I better shut up,as I made a resolution to leave idiots be, oh well.
Oscar

[bbeery]

I always wondered if the eagles migrated or stayed in the frozen north for winter. I guess I always thought that they went south,...guess not. Must be tough fishing with all the lakes frozen over and tougher yet hunting with most rodents underground.
I'm always pleased when I see the eagles in the spring when I get back up to the lake. We've had a nesting pair for quite a number of years.

[AlArchie]

Bill, when we first got transferred to Gogebic County, the eagles were migratory, and we looked forward to their return as a sign of spring, even more than seeing the first robin. Over the years, as the population of eagles has increased so dramatically, it seems we have developed a winter resident population. Mostly they feed on carrion (road killed deer) and they congregate around areas where there still is open water, such as the bases of waterfalls, rapids, and of course the shores of Lake Superior. This area probably provides 400 to 500 road killed deer over the winter, along with some of the smaller critters, so there is plenty for them to feed on. It does kind of ruin your image of the bald eagle when you see one crawling out of a deer carcass with blood and guts all over those beautiful white feathers.

Al