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Post by bowbum on Sept 16, 2022 15:01:15 GMT -5
We were surprised to see several eagles in our yard yesterday morning. Then the crowd crew to about 7 eagles and a dozen or more ravens and some crows that stayed back from the action. I knew there was something dead that they were feeding on but it was just over a small knoll where I couldn't see it. SO we took pictures from the house but eventually I stalked close enough to see what was going on and got a few closer pictures. It was a dead fawn......I figure it got hit and made it this far before keeling over. This morning there is not a sign that anything was there except for the grass being flattened. I put a trail camera out last evening figuring coyotes would clean up the left overs but I only got one picture after dark and that was of another deer. It looks like the first thing this morning they simply tore that fawn in to small enough pieces to cart away. No skull, no leg bones or vertebrae ---nothing there! There were 7 eagles there at one time and in one picture the eagle on the rock seems to have a vertebrae or some large chunk of bone. |
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Post by CoureurDeBois on Sept 16, 2022 15:08:33 GMT -5
Neat
Nothing goes to waste in the mountains when nature is involved. "The mountain has its own way."
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Post by rusty on Sept 17, 2022 6:37:02 GMT -5
Do you live anywhere near Hawk Mt.? I have always wanted to to spend a day there during the fall migration. Nice pics.
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Post by bowbum on Sept 17, 2022 7:09:05 GMT -5
Do you live anywhere near Hawk Mt.? I have always wanted to to spend a day there during the fall migration. Nice pics. No, we are over 100 miles north of Hawk Mountain. We have eagles locally and it is not unusual to see them. |
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Post by bowbum on Sept 17, 2022 7:13:18 GMT -5
Neat Nothing goes to waste in the mountains when nature is involved. "The mountain has its own way." I thought I knew that, ("nothing goes to waste"), but I really had no idea how thorough critters can be until following this event. The immature eagle in the third picture actually has the deer's skull and cleaned it as good as a taxidermist could. It amazes me that they would tear it down to it's smallest parts and take flight with a leg bone, hide, hip bone etc. |
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Post by ridgecommander on Sept 18, 2022 5:44:36 GMT -5
Friend of mine in Mercer County says there are so many eagles it is to the point that there are too many. Locals have grown to hate them.
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Post by CoureurDeBois on Sept 18, 2022 6:11:59 GMT -5
Friend of mine in Mercer County says there are so many eagles it is to the point that there are too many. Locals have grown to hate them. They are becoming more common here in Centre and Clinton counties. I have seen them around Sayers Dam often, and near Renov. Saw one last week in Mill Hall flying up Big Fishing Creek. Still nice when I see one though. |
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Post by bowbum on Sept 18, 2022 7:24:03 GMT -5
Friend of mine in Mercer County says there are so many eagles it is to the point that there are too many. Locals have grown to hate them. I enjoy seeing them but it is apparent they may become a nuisance in some areas. |
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Post by Dutch on Sept 18, 2022 21:40:13 GMT -5
We put a trail camera over a dead deer we found in the woods several years ago. One of the critters that showed up was a Golden Eagle.
Another time, my brother put a deers ribcage out in the woods and stuck a trail cam over it. Got a mature Bald eagle on it.
Think about it, two dead deer, in the woods, and eagles found them both!
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Post by CoureurDeBois on Sept 19, 2022 6:02:57 GMT -5
We put a trail camera over a dead deer we found in the woods several years ago. One of the critters that showed up was a Golden Eagle. Another time, my brother put a deers ribcage out in the woods and stuck a trail cam over it. Got a mature Bald eagle on it. Think about it, two dead deer, in the woods, and eagles found them both! I do that every year,been doing it for a long time, in the wood lot I own. I do it once flintlock season is over, don’t want getting anyone in trouble that may be hunting there. I think I’ve had photos of every animal and bird that lives in Pennsylvania except a Bald Eagle, and a bear. Not sure why I’ve never had an eagle maybe to many overhead tree branches. |
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Post by timberdoodle on Sept 19, 2022 7:04:49 GMT -5
We put a trail camera over a dead deer we found in the woods several years ago. One of the critters that showed up was a Golden Eagle. Another time, my brother put a deers ribcage out in the woods and stuck a trail cam over it. Got a mature Bald eagle on it. Think about it, two dead deer, in the woods, and eagles found them both! So did your brother...think about it!  |
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Post by bowbum on Sept 19, 2022 8:06:36 GMT -5
Did the trail/cam over bait thing many times also but always when under a tree canopy I got only 4-legged critters. One time, (posted here), I got red-tailed hawks but it was a partially open area. The wife's cousin who has a 500 acre farm by us also does bait sites for scavengers. His best photos to date have been of bobcats. Got a lot of coyotes and other ground-scent scavengers though. This eagle is a regular along our creek bottom but we seldom have a camera when we see it. We probably see it soaring about every few weeks, but we haven't seen any sign of a mate with it. The other picture of a bird at our dock is a rarely seen bird - a goshawk. It appears the avian predators/scavengers are doing well in this area. Attachments:
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