Attention Boston Area Birders

[urbpan]

A credible report of a not-quite-adult bald eagle flying over Jamaica Pond has come in to the Boston Birds google list. It was seen two days ago. It is likely that it will return, looking for weakened waterfowl and carrion.

In December 2007 a young eagle was seen on the pond feeding on a goose carcass. A few years before that an adult bald eagle was seen on the ice making use of the same food source. They aren't common in Boston, but they do live in our suburbs and spend time on our waterways.

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[barbmg.livejournal.com]

That's funny. Just yesterday a client was telling me he had seen an incredibly striking, large raptor on a hike in Umstead park down here last fall. He couldn't identify it for the longest time, and then happened on a description of an adolescent bald eagle, which is what he had seen. They're apparently making a slow comeback in Eastern NC.