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Fall 2020
Pacific Northwest
Eagles are back to the islands after their stint on mainland rivers, where they feast on spawned out salmon during the fall. Not all of them, but the skies and treetop perches aren’t empty of them anymore since nesting season ended last summer.
For our late bucket today, two encounters with eagles that refresh my familiarity with these glorious birds who make the PacificNorthwest their home.
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I was stopped at Otto’s Marsh to see the newly arrived Trumpeter swans. All of a sudden most of the hundreds of ducks there lifted off, calling in their mallard and wigeon cacophony. Looking up, I saw the eagle that had been perched on its regular treetop nearby a moment ago now swooping over the marsh. It didn’t catch any ducks this time, but the pair who live right here are back to keeping ducks on their toes.
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On another day I heard an eagle ruckus overhead. It was three of them, chasing and screaming at each other. I couldn’t get them all in view at once, but one was an adult and two were immature stage eagles, likely 3 or 4 year-olds, based on the black edging on their tails. What was the conversation about? I have no idea. But youngsters have to find a place in the limited foraging area of the Salish Sea, where adult pairs stake out territories. The yearlings get an easy free pass, but as eagles get older they seem to get less slack, from what I see in their interactions with adults. All three of these eagles circled around and around, and then moved on out of my view and hearing.
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Still windy in the PacificNorthwest islands, mostly cloudy, some showers. 39° this morning after a clear night. 40s currently.
What’s up in nature in your area today?
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