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Post by Sasquatch on Oct 29, 2023 23:57:17 GMT -5
Last Saturday the wife and I were driving between Napoleon and Osgood when an enormous bird we at first took to be a buzzard was sitting in a field near the road. When we passed we both said "Was that a....."  It was a lighter color, perhaps immature. But we are pretty sure what it was. This past Thursday I and another DNR employee were tasked with going to Indy and retrieving a repaired vehicle and picking up some lumber. (All of our vehicles have to go to the Indy maintenance hub for anything beyond a burnt out bulb  ) Just past Kent, which is on the way to Scottsburg ( or Austin, one of em) and the 65 on-ramp, a postcard quality Bald Eagle took wing from the edge of the road where it had been snacking on some hapless roadkill. It looked enormous. That brings the total of birds I've ever seen to three. Do you guys see em? |
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Post by duff on Oct 30, 2023 3:49:24 GMT -5
All the time. Saw 3 last week on Crane. 2 flying and 1 eating roadkill.
If you are around a lake or river or pond, there are eagles close by. Osprey are starting to come back now too.
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Oct 30, 2023 3:59:55 GMT -5
See bald eagles frequently in Ohio co.
Ospreys are numerous anymore. Eat outta my pond for few days then move on.
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Post by beermaker on Oct 30, 2023 4:29:20 GMT -5
I saw one not too long ago eating on a dead animal in a field. It about caused a traffic pile-up.
That was near Charlestown, probably no more than a mile from the OH river.
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Post by scrub-buster on Oct 30, 2023 5:08:50 GMT -5
We have seen more in the last year than ever before. There were 3 pair circling high above our house this past spring. There's a nest just outside of Patriot, IN.
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Post by genesis273 on Oct 30, 2023 5:56:29 GMT -5
We see them pretty regularly around here.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Oct 30, 2023 6:21:40 GMT -5
Quite often here in brown county and definitely a lot around lake Monroe. Our record was 5 different eagles in one day while in the lake. We just saw one in Shelbyville on Friday while driving to the football game in Franklin county.
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Post by omegahunter on Oct 30, 2023 8:40:11 GMT -5
See eagles often in Daviess County as far back as '95. Saw an osprey on Glendale this spring, but didn't see it any after that.
Saw my first eagle flying over West Boggs before I was out of grade school, so had to be pre-'85ish.
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Post by BigJLocke on Oct 30, 2023 9:21:29 GMT -5
We have them here on Geist reservoir and I see them around Summit lake and Wilbur wright all the time.
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Post by welder on Oct 30, 2023 14:45:24 GMT -5
I actually had 4 circling the yard a week ago yesterday, most I have ever seen together.
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Post by span870 on Oct 30, 2023 18:47:43 GMT -5
Lawrence and orange county they don't get a second look. Remember when they were a novelty. Used to fish the white river. Seen them every time
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Post by budd on Oct 30, 2023 20:19:41 GMT -5
Of course they are everywhere up here, they look huge until you see them standing beside a golden eagle. Those things are awesome birds!!!
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Post by ms660 on Oct 31, 2023 22:36:15 GMT -5
See them quite often in Pike and Gibson County.
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 1, 2023 9:37:46 GMT -5
Warrick County- This is in the backyard of a friend of mine. The pond is about 30 feet from the back of his house. This is about a mile from where I hunt. He is snacking on a catfish he got out of the pond.  |
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on Nov 1, 2023 10:00:20 GMT -5
Since I'm only 1.5 miles from the Ohio River I see them fly other semi often. Always a good site to see.
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Post by deadeer on Nov 1, 2023 12:11:45 GMT -5
Seen one perched high on a bare tree on Halloween in NE LaPorte County. It was watching the combines pull out some corn.
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Post by esshup on Nov 1, 2023 19:43:42 GMT -5
Does this count?  |
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Post by Sasquatch on Nov 4, 2023 9:26:28 GMT -5
I kinda figured it would be one of those deals where you never saw them, and then BOOM they're everywhere.
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Post by duff on Nov 4, 2023 13:58:35 GMT -5
On Monroe today and didn't count but easily 10+
Every time looking to the sky would be a few.
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It was a lighter color, perhaps immature. But we are pretty sure what it was.
) Just past Kent, which is on the way to Scottsburg ( or Austin, one of em) and the 65 on-ramp, a postcard quality Bald Eagle took wing from the edge of the road where it had been snacking on some hapless roadkill. It looked enormous. That brings the total of birds I've ever seen to three.
