Jump to content

  • Chat
  •  
  •  

Welcome to Formiculture.com!

This is a website for anyone interested in Myrmecology and all aspects of finding, keeping, and studying ants. The site and forum are free to use. Register now to gain access to all of our features. Once registered and logged in, you will be able to create topics, post replies to existing threads, give reputation points to your fellow members, get your own private messenger, post status updates, manage your profile and so much more. If you already have an account, login here - otherwise create an account for free today!

Photo

Bald Eagles Over Our House


  • Please log in to reply
5 replies to this topic

#1 Offline rptraut - Posted January 7 2023 - 11:09 PM

rptraut

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 345 posts
  • LocationOntario, Canada
Today I heard screeching when I was on the deck having a smoke and I finally found the source, two bald eagles whirling around each other right above our house and through the treetops.  They were doing that thing where they hold claws and spin around each other.  Amazing-they are extremely big birds.  I thought they were big when I first saw them, the black against the clouds, and then I realized I hadn't noticed their white heads and white tails against the white of the clouds.  They were even bigger than I first thought!  A very impressive bird.
 

  • ANTdrew and NicholasP like this
My father always said I had ants in my pants.

#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted January 8 2023 - 4:23 AM

ANTdrew

    Advanced Member

  • Moderators
  • PipPipPip
  • 9,376 posts
  • LocationAlexandria, VA
Awesome! When I was a kid, you’d NEVER see eagles. Now I see them more and more. Their comeback as a species is a truly wonderful thing.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#3 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted January 8 2023 - 5:46 AM

ColAnt735

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 406 posts
  • LocationOntario,Canada
I’ve seen a huge increase in birds of prey in my area as well, namely red tailed hawks, bald eagles, and various kinds of falcon and kestrels.

Edited by ColAnt735, January 8 2023 - 5:48 AM.

"If an ant carries an object a hundred times it's weight,you can carry burdens many times your size.


#4 Online Flu1d - Posted January 8 2023 - 6:52 AM

Flu1d

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 401 posts
  • LocationPensacola, Florida
When I lived in Oregon, birds of prey run rampant there and its awesome. They swoop down and take your livestock, though.. But its cool watching animals like chickens who know when to run for a thornbush before you even know there's a bird up ahead.

#5 Offline antsriondel - Posted January 8 2023 - 7:01 AM

antsriondel

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 913 posts
  • LocationRiondel British Columbia Canada.

We have two Bald Eagles that live in a tree that is in our peninsula. It is pretty cool watching them hunt for fish in Kootenay Lake.


  • Flu1d likes this

#6 Offline rptraut - Posted January 9 2023 - 12:21 AM

rptraut

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 345 posts
  • LocationOntario, Canada

Having a bird feeder took on a whole new meaning last year when I saw a Cooper's Hawk sitting on top of it with a sparrow in his claws.


My father always said I had ants in my pants.




0 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users