Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Vubben on December 30, 2020, 11:35:47 AM
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December 29. Watched a Bald Eagle for about an hour and a half from the comfort of our living room! It sat in an Oak tree about a hundred yards away preening and watching as hikers passed on the trails below completely unaware he was above them. Unfortunately, we missed seeing it fly off but it was a treat being able to watch such a magnificent bird, for such a long time, at our leisure!
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Location was South Humber Park Etobicoke.
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That's really cool.
/Thomas
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Fantastic! Does it mean that we are going to have a warm winter? Normally eagles would go south, wouldn't they? :)
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Not seeing a Bald Eagle perched above a well-traveled trail does not surprise me. People see what they know because the senses are better tuned to what you know. There could have been a Pteranodon on that perch and it would also be disregarded. Was the eagle grateful for the slight, or pissed-off for being ignored?
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The surprising thing was seeing a bird watching people rather than the other way round.
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The surprising thing was seeing a bird watching people rather than the other way round.
I just wish I was somehow involved, either the watcher or the watched. My friend shared with me this morning that she was followed by a very thin fox once and she got scared. I wish I was in her shoes. ;D
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Ontario is seeing increasing number of Bald Eagles - a great comeback story. I wish that sooner or later one shows up in Downsview Park, fishing in that big pond :) .