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3Hotdogs

(12,581 posts)
16. Golden. "Balds" are al over N.J. and N.Y.
Mon Jul 11, 2022, 09:20 AM
Jul 2022

I believe that N.J. has 400 or more nesting pair. More in winter as they come south for streams that are not frozen over.

Not quite related, but it was about 20 years ago, summer, at an environmental center in eastern Pa. Staff member was telling us about one of their juvie Balds. It was in their area the prior morning. Around 2 P.M., same day, they got a call from Cape Cod Audubon. The tag had been spotted in Wellfleet, Mass. It was. back "home," by the next morning.

Juvie will go on tours to find new nesting areas and maybe, a hot babe.

pazzyanne

(6,560 posts)
9. My brother who lives in Maryland, saw a bald eagle near there.
Mon Jul 11, 2022, 03:32 AM
Jul 2022

He was pretty excited and called me right away.

I live in western Minnesota, and watch three active nests within 10 miles of my house. Watched a Bald fledgling wading in huge puddle at the end of my driveway one morning. I love watching eagles, as I was 28 years old before I saw my first eagle in the wild. Thank you, Rachel Carlson!

elleng

(131,852 posts)
10. I've seen them around here fairly often; lived @ river about 8 years.
Mon Jul 11, 2022, 03:38 AM
Jul 2022

Haven't seen eagle nest(s,) tho neighbors have. Do have an osprey nest adjacent to my house, but geese took it over early spring, and the osprey pair didn't make eggs this year.

pazzyanne

(6,560 posts)
12. I've seen osprey while visiting in NE Minnesota.
Mon Jul 11, 2022, 03:45 AM
Jul 2022

We don't have any osprey in western Minnesota.

I hate it when nests go dormant.

elleng

(131,852 posts)
13. This big old nest had better not be dormant; geese used it well, had 5 goslings.
Mon Jul 11, 2022, 03:55 AM
Jul 2022

The osprey pair did return to it, and still visit it regularly, but no kids. Waiting for St. Pat's day next year, when they usually return from their southern 'vacation.'

pazzyanne

(6,560 posts)
14. Glad to hear that it is still active!
Mon Jul 11, 2022, 04:03 AM
Jul 2022

When the nest is no longer used, it means a not so happy event has happened, such as the death of one of the pair.

2naSalit

(87,427 posts)
15. Two things to look at...
Mon Jul 11, 2022, 05:12 AM
Jul 2022

Sometimes three.

1 & 2 - size, especially if two are present, the female is larger by up to 30%.

3 look at the beak, the back part will extend behind the center of the eye. So the pupil of the eye, imagine a line straight down from there, if the corner of the beak (where upper and lower meet) is further back than that, it's probably female, along with size if that can be determined.

The more of them that you see, the easier it becomes to tell or make a reasonable guess.
Rule of thumb, if you see a pair, the larger is the female, usually.

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