Took this photo in Bellvue, Iowa, this afternoon.

Three Bald Eagles taking a break, after fishing.


Jim.

Brilliant pic Jim...thanks for posting it. I would love to see a bald eagle in the wild. I know the location of a couple of nests and always hope I may get a glimpse of an eagle as I pass.

Come to Dubuque, Iowa, then. We have about 3 Dozen Nesting Pairs, this time of year. Bellevue has a boat-load, too. Saw at least 10, when I went for a drive alongside the Mississippi, to Davenport, Iowa.


Jim.

My husband regularly sees one when he is golfing here in Mercer County but I haven't seen it yet.

Good pic. Hundreds along the lower Columbia river, from Portland to the sea.

That's very cool!

We almost literally ran into one a couple days ago on our way back through NH.

We were going over a bridge when one flew just over the bridge and over us by a few feet, was very cool.

Did see a hawk that had its head knocked in a few miles up the road though

Beautiful!

Have never seen one in real life, but I'd love to...

You can do that right now if you go along the Hudson River, JerseyGirl.

They vacation at this time of the year down here because that area of the Hudson is not covered in ice and they can get their fill of fish on a daily basis. Prime areas for viewing are north of Croton-On-Huson.

I've seen some when I was in Alaska a few years back.

http://www.ustream.tv/SouthwestFloridaEagleCam

Above is link to a live cam in a bald eagle nest in South Florida. I watched for a while when the eaglets were really small. They're much bigger now almost 8 weeks. Mom just brought home a nice fish lunch. There's an annoying ad at the beginning but you can skip over it after a few seconds.

When I first moved into my house, a bald eagle would sit at the top of the electricity pylon every day for about 6 months. The following year he (actually have no idea on the sex) was less regular, then not at all. See bald eagles overhead every now and then, but far more common to see red-tail hawks, usually on lamp posts. One of the best things ever was when one caught a pigeon in my back garden, dragged it to the back fence and sat there eating it for a few hours. Nothing left but a pile of feather and bones! Birds of prey are just awesome.

The male bald eagle has a white head...the female doesn't.

I saw a hawk catch a squirrel...it landed on a tree branch near the house. When it had had enough to eat it flew away leaving the squirrel drapped over the branch. The next morning the hawk came back to finish the squirrel off for breakfast.

Nah, it's the juveniles that are brown, the males and females are identical in plumage. One is bigger than the other, but I don't know which, and it's hard to judge scale of a single one a long way away.

Yes they do...sorry...what was I thinking?

This is amazing! Love the way the two youngsters (adolescents?) huddle & cuddle together while the traffic goes whizzing by below.

It's quite captivating, even at night when the eaglets are sleeping. Looks like some of the South Florida bugs are bothering the hell out of them at times.