MY FIRST BALD EAGLE!!!
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MY FIRST BALD EAGLE!!!

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Soaring Hawk

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on: December 25, 2010, 01:37:13 PM
I am almost 25 and have been birding since I was about 10....   I went to my hometown of Sarnia for family Christmas.  I looked out my mother's balcony window and saw my first ever Bald Eagle.  It was a large first year female... I'm guessing a female because it was extra large.  This was my first wild eagle ever seen.  I have seen many hawk, falcon, and owl species but I guess Santa decided that for Xmas day he would send me a message through the eagle!.

Anyways it was flying and soaring westward towards the St.Clair river.  The sighting was right at noon. It was about 6 kilometers inland over suburbs and shopping centres.... quite high in the sky.

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Reply #1 on: December 25, 2010, 10:04:08 PM
Congrats!
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Reply #2 on: December 25, 2010, 10:42:20 PM
Always so satisfying to get a new lifer - congrats!
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Reply #3 on: December 26, 2010, 09:30:48 PM
Congrats!! I remember seeing my first Bald Eagle, it was such an exciting experience!
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Reply #4 on: December 27, 2010, 08:15:53 AM
Congrats on the sighting, I have only seen Eagles in zoo's or at Raptor Centres, have not seen in the wild yet but I am always hopeful :)
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Reply #5 on: December 28, 2010, 01:23:17 PM
And now you know what all the hype is about ! They really are breathtaking (in the wild)...I've seen a few and it NEVER gets old...and then there's the thrill of the unexpected sighting of a personal avian holy grail...for me it was the scarlet tanager. Congrats ! May you see many more.
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Reply #6 on: December 30, 2010, 04:57:36 PM
Still remember my first... I felt like a kid again and still do when ever I get a look at one. An awesome bird that never grows old.

Congrats.
Tim
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