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Last month (January 2010), the weather stayed so cold that the bald eagles were cruising over our houses looking for helpless cats to make a quick meal. They could not access fish that were at the bottom of the river and had gathered together.
Some kind souls decided to feed the eagles down at Goose Spit so they would survive the cold spell. They gathered fish and started feeding the group of eagles huddled on the shore.
The photos below show what happened. A former teaching colleague took these photos in front of his home. Incredible!
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Photo above: Bald eagle habitat
Feeding American bald eagles on a beautiful morning in Goose Spit, Comox, British Columbia, Canada
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Photo above: American bald eagle
Once we started throwing out fish, they did not seem to fear us and the word spread fast!
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Photo above: Bald eagles, fighting for the fish
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Photo above: Close up photo of bald eagle
No zoom lens used here! I was this close!
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Photo above: Another close up of the bold eagle
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Here are the men who were feeding them. It was so amazing to get this close!
It was not too long ago that the American Bald Eagle was an endangered species.
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Disclaimer: Photos above were received in a forwarded email with no indication of who the author of these bald eagle pictures might be. No copyright infringement was intended. Comments in block quotes are by the author of that same email.
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They are so beautiful. Thank God someone fed them.
Wow, that’s super cool. I love what you’ve done here. The pictures are amazing. It’s great that you could do this. Very cool pictures.
Wow! I’ve never seen so many bald eagles at once. Or in any photos. They’ve always struck me as very solidary and predatory animals and these photos present them in a new light. Very nice post.
This is amazing. I love bald eagles. They are all over Alaska also. I have photos too, but not as good as these. Thankfully they are able to get food from nice people. It is kind of weird to see so many Eagles in one location. Thank you for these photos.
Wow! Priceless photos…and so close! Thanks so much for the post. They are such magnificent creatures. The cats and I are grateful for the photos and the feeders.
Beautiful photos. Thanks for sharing!
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