Not up here they aren't [endangered]. I see them every day on the way to work, in nests or workin the fields. When the salmon run you can see scores of them at once.
When we stopped in Prince Rupert on vacation in June, they were everywhere. Soaring, fighting, flying through the trees and breaking branches as they went through. Pretty cool to watch. Got a bunch of short videos of them too.
The locals said they congregate by the hundreds up at the local dump.
Here is a pic of 4 in flight, with more sitting in the trees shown on the left.
Locals said up at the local dump, they congregate by the hundreds.
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Unfortunately, that brings back some bad memories for me. When I was much younger, I was hiking in Washington with my wife, and we came across a dead body of a Bald Eagle. We were on a 5 day hike in the wilderness, and the only food we had was the freeze dried packs in our backpacks, and that was getting real old, and we were feeling a little too weak to make the hike back out. I assessed the situation: the body was still fresh, it appeared to have been healthy, and no one else was around for miles. I made a judgment call and plucked, cleaned, cooked and ate the bird. Sure enough, as fate would have it, a Ranger comes up on us and sees the feathers. We didn't have to worry about hiking out at this point because he hauled us in, handcuffed, in his 4x4. Being a small town, we got put before a judge on the same day. So- I tell him the whole story, about being weak and hungry, and that the bird was already dead- and he decides to let me go with only a warning! I should have shut my mouth and ran straight home after that, but on my way out, the Judge asked me "by the way, I can't help but wonder- what does Bald Eagle taste like?", and I answered- "well, it tastes just like Spotted Owl" He threw me in the hole for 30 days. Bad memories, man.
In the lower 48, they were a very rare sight. I know the Bald Eagle population has rebounded down here. You have more of a chance to see one now. Two years ago I saw a juvenile Bald Eagle while up in Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island. I though it was a Red Tail Hawk at first. I had to get out the bird book for that sighting.
but on my way out, the Judge asked me "by the way, I can't help but wonder- what does bald Eagle taste like?", and I answered- "well, it tastes just like spotted Owl" He threw me in the hole for 30 days. Bad memories, man.
There's nothing like having some scrambled Eagle eggs, with a slice of Seal-bacon in the morning! J U S T K I D D I N G !! We still have a few in NWFL (in the Sandhills), alot of Ospreys though.
I'd rather see a rust bucket on the road, than a garage queen anytime!!
I wa choked last week, sposed to go up to the Charlottes for 4 days whacking salmon, flew in to Bella Bella friday, sunny an 85F..they told us they could not land the float planes at the lodge due to heavy fog (15 miles away)...sat 6 hours...no go...so they flew us back to Port hardy for the nite..next day, foggier than cr@p...so they flew us back to Vancouver...
But it was amazing.. the fog started right at lands end and covered the ocean as far as the eye could see. And I bought a new freezer for the booty...it sit s empty save for a little venison left over from last year. Usually see lots of eagles up there..sometimes they dive at the salman as we are netting them...always wondered what it would be like to have a bald eagle on 30 lb test
But we DO have Eagles in Sweden , Kungsörn ( translation Kings Eagle , English: Golden Eagle ) and Havsörn (translation) Sea Eagle , English: White Tail Eagle) see pics below
In Stockholm we have lots of White Eagles, you can see them folowing the fishing boats!
Those are called seaguls
I know,its an old Swedish joke!
Those are called Sh!t Hawks. We had a senior manager years ago we called "Seagull", because he would just fly in to the jobsite, sh!t on everyone, and fly off
About 4 years ago my sister & I were heading to our parent's house for Christmas & we saw one in a tree along I-70 west of Kansas City. What an awesome sight they are! There are plenty of them along the lakes in the area, Perry, Smithville to name a few.
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I do a cold smoke. Sugar Rum cure (Scotch Smoked) Awesome stuff. Loks like I may have to use the 4-5 chunks left in the freezer sparingly this year!
Care to share the recipe? I do a basic turbinado sugar/canning salt cure and cold smoke using sugar maple, but I am ready to try something new, and that description alone has my taste buds wanting.
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