Bald Eagle in the southeast.

[TheDude]

So I was driving on a back country road and looked to my left and saw, to my amazement a BALD EAGLE!!! It was munching on a partial racoon? This is the frist time I have ever seen one in the wild and thought this was awesome!!! In Jefferson county and it didnt wanna stay still long enough for a cell pic so unfortunately no pics.
Man those birds are huge!!!

 

[eldirector]

They seem to be spreading a bit farther south in the last few years. They are thick in southern Canada, and pretty common in Michigan (from my experience). I've only seen 1 or 2 in Indiana ever. Nice to see them returning to their old ranges.

Wait until you spook one from the brush 10' from you! That'll make your heart jump....

 

[Stubbleducker]

One flew over us the day after Christmas at 116th & Allisonville on Indy's north side. Supposedly, there's a mating pair that lives along the White River near there. The kids at Riverside Juniorhigh can watch them out the lunchroom window as they've got one of their "landing pads" in view there.

 

[MedicMike]

That's awesome! I konw of some in Jackson county but none over this way. I'll have to keep my eye out for them more now.

 

[shibumiseeker]

I have several nests along the river where I live, I haven't yet seen them fishing in my lake, but it's a matter of time. They're spreading along the riparian corridors.

 

[mattkellyind]

This summer I had one soaring along side my canoe on the Mississinewa River at the Grant-Wabash line area. Awesome and majestic. Them talons would really hurt lasted about twenty seconds than a loud shriek and away it went.

 

[Fishersjohn48]

I see them along the White River from 116th up to Conner Prairie. Also see them buzzing the lake down in Brown County. Wonderful to see them coming back! In fact I just watched a special yesterday on PBS about how they are making a comeback. The program followed a couple nesting pairs in the upper Mississippi River area on the Iowa Minnesota border. There were hundreds of eagles in this area.

 

[singlestacksig]

they are here in Indiana year round now..

Duke energy's power plant near Cayuga has an Eagle day weekend every winter. you can watch the eages fish in the warm discharge waters..

Hardy Lake has the DNR raptor center..

 

[Goosepond Monster]

There are quite of few of them shacking up in Greene County since they re-established the Goose Pond.

 

[tyler34]

they've been at monroe lake for about as far as I remember. we used to go boating on the weekends and I remember watching them.

 

[plowman766]

We see them almost everyday since winter came on along the Wabash river by my house in huntington county. Trouble is the road is becoming filled with slow driving gawkers now and eventualy will drive them away I have seen as many as 4 in a tree at the same time beautiful birds it also seems like there is a larger than normal amount of hawks around this area this year to.

 

[singlestacksig]

Eagle Viewing -Duke Energy

 

[BK Deer Hunter]

I believe there is a pair on versailles state park lake. We had one here 2 summers age that hung around for several months. I seen him on Laughery Creek several times.

 

[dcary7]

They're pretty regular on around the rivers.. I'd see them more often than not on days I spent a lot of time working the river, but I agree.. they're cool to see in the wild! Very large

 

[whatscooking]

Hey TheDude where in Jefferson county were you when you saw the eagle?

 

[earlykyler2012]

Pics or it didn't happen.

 

[Goosepond Monster]

I think it is great that there are eagles showing up in so many areas of the state. Unfortunately you still have some idiots out there who don't respect such a noble creature...

Greene County Daily World: Local News: BREAKING NEWS: (updated) American Bald Eagle put down Thursday night (03/20/09)

Greene County Daily World: Local News: Reward offered for information about slain eagle (03/26/09)

 

[ATOMonkey]

They seem to be spreading a bit farther south in the last few years. They are thick in southern Canada, and pretty common in Michigan (from my experience). I've only seen 1 or 2 in Indiana ever. Nice to see them returning to their old ranges.

Wait until you spook one from the brush 10' from you! That'll make your heart jump....

Not an eagle, but I almost clobbered a redtail with my face, riding last summer.

Came around a right hander and he was on the right hand shoulder eating carion. Flew up across the road right in front of me. I think I pee'd a little when it happened.

 

[Hotdoger]

Was fishing a lake in central florida several years ago and saw an eagle swoop down and catch a fish and flew away with it. It got up real high and lost grip on the fish. The eagle caught the fish before it it the water.
It was an amazing sight.

 

[iamaclone45]

Not uncommon to see them along the river here in Lafayette/West Lafayette.