What interesting creatures live in your garden?

[Pulsegleaner]

Oh I forgot, at this season they DO have one other possible use

Sorry for forgetting to post this UNTIL Christmas Day (when there probably isn't anything you can do about it), but at least one can keep it in mind for next year

 

[Ridgerunner]

No photos because my camera is not that good, but a bald eagle was perching in a dead tree across the road. From the plumage it was a fully mature bald eagle.

 

[so lucky]

We usually see a bald eagle or two each year around here. One more thing for my chickens to be chicken about.

 

[baymule]

We even have eagles here. Years ago, it was determined to build a bridge below Lake Livingston, as there was no other way to get across without driving for miles. There was a pair of eagles nesting in the vicinity on the Trinity river. During the nesting season, all work on the bridge stopped. It took twice as long to build the bridge, but the eagles were not disturbed. Nobody seemed to mind, had been so long without a bridge, couple more years weren't going to matter.

 

[digitS']

Just a pebble toss from my gardens,

. . where I sometimes see eagles cruising above the river:

Wolf Lodge Bay Eagle Watch

Steve

 

[thistlebloom]

Just a pebble toss from my gardens,

. . where I sometimes see eagles cruising above the river:

Wolf Lodge Bay Eagle Watch

Steve

We drive down there at least once during the winter, usually not until almost February when we remember. But we still get in on some up close eagle fishing action.

 

[bobm]

Hey Bay ...couple years do matter... just think how many workers didn't get a pay check for 2 years, number of unemployment / welfare checks increased, other people lost money for increased gas used causing increased pollution, contractor loss of income for 2 years, cost of bridge increased substantially, peoples' taxes increased, etc. ... those eagles were squaters and should have been evicted just as soon as the eaglets fledged, and the parents became empty nesters.

 

[Smart Red]

Neighbor (BFF's son) had a bald eagle fly down in front of him and almost hit the car about half a mile from here. I've never seen one around here, but a day later there were comments about the eagles flying over the Rock River so they are around. I do see plenty of hawks, though.

 

[Ridgerunner]

That's the first one I've seen here. I'm not that close to water so that may help explain it. A pair nest about an hour north of here on Beaver Lake and a neighbor that is a bird watcher said she had seen one flying overhead a couple of times. I was quite pleased to see that one.

 

[goatgurl]

we have several bald eagles winter here in the river valley. i love to watch them fish. one of the saddest thing I've seen was a flock of about 20 eagles feeding on the dead chickens from a poultry farm over in Oklahoma. now i know that they are scavengers and will eat about anything to make a living but seeing that made me sad.