Here's the nest on my buddy's ranch in Bakersfield CA. Two chicks successfully raised by their parents and a couple of us guys who leave alot of ground squirrel and jack rabbit carcasses on the ground for them.

I saw golden eagles take a crane crossing the himalayas on cable TV this week.

I see quite a few bald eagles show up, in this direction when we are shooting sage rats...

I first saw a bald take a salmon in 1972, near Tacoma.

Now one can see balds out the window while washing dishes in any house near the water in Seattle.

Remarkable come back.

Golden eagles are harder to spot.
Is it an immature bald or a golden?

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Originally posted by tnekkcc:
I first saw a bald take a salmon in 1972, near Tacoma.

Now one can see balds out the window while washing dishes in any house near the water in Seattle.

Remarkable come back.

Golden eagles are harder to spot.
Is it an immature bald or a golden?

They are Goldens just fledged. Both of their parents have been around for over 3 years and are fully mature Goldens. This is the second clutch that they've raised on the ranch.

The parents will actually sit on the hillsides as we're shooting varmints and fly down to pick up the carcasses when we drive off.

The DFG officer told us that they usually nest near water but since they had such a good food source they nested there. He also said that most times the older/bigger fledgling will push the smaller one out of the nest to die if there is not enough food.

In Southern Oregon in April, we had bald eagles mature and immature, a turkey vulture, and a goshawk feeding on the ground squirrels we shot.

We saw a bald run off the vulture, but my guess is that a golden could run off the bald.

Here is the ranch with the balds and vultures:

Here's one I saw today while shootin' p/dogs...he was waiting for a free lunch..how about the size of those talons on top of that RR tie ??

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Originally posted by armed_in_utah:

Here's one I saw today while shootin' p/dogs...he was waiting for a free lunch

great photo.

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great photo.

Yeah, how did you get him to pose?

roger

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Yeah, how did you get him to pose?

Had I carried a camera when I lived in GJ Colorado I could have taken a similar photo a number of times.

Here is a video of, what looks like, deer hunting with a Golden Eagle:
http://video.google.com/url?docid=-4299897695930830610&...BhDkDLOWLqJdWPxMiqHA

more video
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-42998976959308...ype=search&plindex=0

Gidday Guys,

Gee Whizz, That is one huge bird or a very small deer. Was it a roe deer or a mouse deer. I have seen mouse deer in ther bush in Singapore and on the Malay penninsular that are about the size of a rabbit.

This looked a bit bigger but it was still something to see.

Happy Hunting

Hamish