Wally Cat
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An Eagle
Saw an eagle at Greenlick wednesday morning. The bird circled near me over the water then picked a fish off the surface and flew towards the woods to enjoy its breakfast. Mature bird with complete white head and tail feathers. This happened at 6:50am at about 60 yards from me.
About 5 years ago an immature eagle stayed around the lake for a month feeding on dead fish it found around the shore. I went out almost every morning to watch it eat its find, often within 50 yards of me.
There is also a pair of Osprey that has nested there for several years. Saw one of those yesterday.
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akitadog
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yep, this is the time of year you start seeing the eagles. i saw a young 1 on elk creek this past weekend. i always see atleast 1 here in fayette along the mon. every year for the last 5 or 6 years. pretty cool site.
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71gto
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yep Wally, saw that bird flying over Bridgeport dam the other day, magnificent bird, also saw another on the yough down at Banning, full mature adult for sure.
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eyesandgillz
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Cool...I'll keep on the lookout next time I am out. I have seen the ospreys there (kids loved seeing them) but never saw the eagle.
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mr.crappie
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I hit Greenlick pretty hard last week & watched the Osprey nail fish every evening that I was there,then they went into a tree right accross from me to eat.Seems strange to me,but although I have watched Eagles at Conemaugh & Crooked Creek feed on dead floating fish I have not norticed Osprey picking up dead fish,only diving for live ones.We watch them ignoring floaters at Twin Lakes all the time.Most people don't realize that Eagles are scavengers. sam
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I thought this was another spam golf thread 
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KJH807
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when are they going to take eagles of the endangered/ protected list... I think its about time
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pwk5017
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There is a nesting couple really close to Fisherman's Paradise in State College. The nest is HUGE. I havent seen an eagle in sw pa yet, but I did see a rather large osprey on chartiers creek last week.
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Mags00
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I normally see only Ospreys which in their own are awesome to watch pluck fish out of the water espically if it's a bad day and you aren't catching anything... But... Does seeing an AH-64 longbow every time I go to Donegal count for anything? 
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Pretty sure we saw an eagle on Arthur on Saturday. We were debating it, but none of us are real bird experts. It appeared to have a white head, and was pretty big. Close to the 528 Bridge (eagle spot burning!). Surprised it wasn't over the road bed... 
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I saw one of those eagles at the Paradise back in April while i was getting my gear on. Unfortunatly that was the most exciting thing to happen for me that whole day.
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*delete*
post edited by fish12 - 2011/09/23 11:41:46
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Close to the 528 Bridge (eagle spot burning!).
Now you did it. That was my favorite private eagle watching spot.
post edited by fish12 - 2011/09/23 11:42:32
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