Tag Archives: Bald Eagle

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Shair Goforth-Eby noticed this Bald Eagle handing tight onto a branch during a windy day.

Just look at the feathers on the eagle's head! I have to tell you there is such good news about the Gualala Bald Eagles. The news will be in the Independent Coast Observer tomorrow. What? You don't subscribe? You can get an email subscription at http://www.mendonoma.com

Thanks to Shari for allowing me to share her photo with you here.

Drippy fog this morning has given way to warm sunshine this afternoon. Looks like the weather for the upcoming weekend will be sunny and warm.

 

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Eric Zetterholm has the wonderful knack of photographing the mated pair of Bald Eagles. He got this beautiful photo with the Bald Eagle's reflection shining in the Gualala River.

A lovely photo of this majestic bird!

Thanks to Eric for allowing me to share his photo with you here.

Foggy at the immediate coast - sunny and mild just a little ways inland.

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This is the male Bald Eagle. He has been seen fishing for a lamprey in the Gualala River and flying upstream. Perhaps the female is at a nest? We hope so.

Thanks to Eric for allowing me to share his photo with you here.

Sunny and warm with just the slightest breeze.

I only have a few more days to say...spring doesn't know.

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Paul Brewer photographed this male Bald Eagle in Gualala during one of our recent rainstorms.

Eric Zetterholm recently watched this Bald Eagle catch a Lamprey (a jaw-less fish) and head up river. We are thinking/hoping the female is tending to her nest in the Gualala River watershed, and the male is bringing her - and perhaps a hatchling or two! - their meal.

Thanks to Paul for allowing me to share his photo with you here. To see much more of Paul's nature photography, here is the link to his website: http://www.capturingnatureswonders.com/

Thanks to Eric for his report/sighting. Eric will have a fun photo of the Bald Eagle in tomorrow's Independent Coast Observer to go along with my column.

The rain is over for now. Sun and breezes are the order of the day as Spring doesn't know.

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Many of us are enjoying watching the mated pair of Bald Eagles at the Gualala River. Eric Zetterholm witnessed an interesting encounter which featured the female Bald Eagle. He wrote, “I took a walk out to the Gualala Point Beach Wednesday morning and found very large numbers of different Gulls there. A few were chasing a fish head as it was pushed and pulled by the waves. I managed to grab it without getting too wet and took a few photos before I left it for the Gulls." Not a pretty sight, I know! We think it's the head of a Steelhead.

Eric continues, “When I had walked a few hundred yards up the beach, I got sight of a Bald Eagle coming at me from down the beach. She passed me very quickly and swiftly snatched up the fish head, carrying it off to the river."

"I decided to make the long hike back up the beach, up the pathway, over the hill, down the trail, and back up the river. The eagle was still enjoying the fish as I walked down river and I was able to get fairly close to her while keeping out of her view.”

Lots going on alongside the Gualala River and the Pacific Ocean!

Thanks to Eric for allowing me to share his photos with you here.

Sunny, breezy, cooler day today!