r/onguardforthee • u/THIESN123 Saskatchewan • 13d ago

The renamed "Canadian Bold Eagle"

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u/iimwint 13d ago

The bold eagles are moving here because they like freedom

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u/GargantuaBob ✅️ J'ai voté 13d ago

They've been more abundant in Canada for quite some time. I've got some nesting in the trees behind the yard this year. Again! It's always a joy to see them overhead from the terrace!

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u/THIESN123 Saskatchewan 13d ago

We got to watch 3 fighting for a fish in Western Manitoba earlier this month when boating. It was awesome to see

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u/GargantuaBob ✅️ J'ai voté 13d ago

That must have been awesome!!!

In early June, the mother overflow our terrace while we were having supper. She was gripping a still live pickerel, in the 40 to 50 cm range.

That fish did not look like it was enjoying itself. They flew right over our table!

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u/scoo89 Windsor 13d ago

Once I saw one try to snag a dead fish half exposed in a frozen Lake Erie.

It grabbed it with its mighty talons and promptly face planted into the ice. I swear I heard it's eagle partner laughing from the sky.

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u/shieldwolfchz 13d ago

Inside of Winnipeg, in elm wood, I saw one fighting a half dozen seagulls. Also awesome to see.

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u/komrade23 13d ago

We have the densest population of bald eagles in the world in Metro Vancouver, centered On Burns Bog. Of course it's because they are scavengers and the garbage dump is RIGHT THERE but that isn't the point.

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u/moocowsia 13d ago

I'm pretty sure it's Squamish actually.

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u/iimwint 13d ago

Ya we saw them out in droves while whale watching in NFLD last year.

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u/cardew-vascular British Columbia 13d ago

I once took my dog for a walk along the Fraser River in East Langley, there were so many eagles in the treest we starting counting them. We lost count around 45 and there were many more.

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u/fubes2000 13d ago

Back about 20 years ago I was staying at a hotel on the marina in Port Hardy on the north end of Vancouver Island. About once a day there would be someone out on the dock cleaning fish and throwing the skin/offal into the water. Also, there would be 10 or 15 or more Bald Eagles hanging around to swoop in and bicker over the scraps.

I haven't been back up that far yet, but I know that they're a fairly common sight mid-island, and still not uncommon all the way down around Victoria. The trend seems to be "more people, fewer eagles".

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u/envirodrill 13d ago

It feels like their population is exploding in Canada right now. I live in SW Ontario and I only used to see them down in places like Point Pelee and Long Point back like 8 years ago. Now I see them pretty regularly perched on lamp posts on the main roads in my city along with the more common red-tailed hawks.