Comments on: Bald Eagle Comeback

By: Patricia Hope

Patricia Hope — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:14:46 +0000

Yesterday at 5:15 PM, I saw a bald eagle for the first time flying just below the tree tops in a clearing on my property in Rochester Township, Beaver County. He was unmistakable with the white feathers on his head and tail and great wingspan. Breathtaking! Dave Miller at the National Aviary told me they are making a comback in our area and that a resident pair in Millvale regularly flies along the river to the Point.

By: Kate St. John

Kate St. John — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:29:04 +0000

No, I don’t. The photo was taken 2 years ago and I believe the eagles ultimately did not use the osprey platform (which is what it is) as their nest.

By: Corey

Corey — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:44:45 +0000

Do you know where exactly on the lake that nest is in the first picture?

By: MRC

MRC — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:00:43 +0000

Well, our Christmas tradition of seeing the Bald Eagle on the creek near Harmony continues. This time my husband, Kenny, and I noticed something in the big Maple in the back yard. It was the Eagle. It stayed only a few minutes then took off north long the creek. What a gift.

By: Corey

Corey — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:44:25 +0000

Great, thanks Kate. I will check that out.

By: Kate St. John

Kate St. John — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:39:41 +0000

Corey, check out my recent post on eagles in southwestern Pennsylvania:
http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/12/16/want-to-see-eagles/
Also watch for updates on PABIRDS, an email list of birds in Pennsylvania, for recent sightings. An eagle was seen earlier this month at Dashields Dam on the Ohio River (upstream from Beaver, PA). The most recent PABIRDS emails are listed here:
http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/PENN.html

By: Corey

Corey — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:04:34 +0000

I’m moving to Beaver Falls, PA in a few weeks and was wondering if anyone could give me some locations around the lake of where to look for them? I’m having very little luck here in Ohio and this looks like a huge boost from what I’ve been seeing. Please email me at all4golf@gmail.com with any tips, anything is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:33:02 +0000

My mom, sister and I went to Moraine in October of 2008 because we had heard there were bald eagles there. We arrived early, around 6:30 am. We happened upon a park ranger who gave us a general idea of where they could possibly be. We drove to where we thought he had directed us…the North Shore. We got out of our car and started walking, and I happened to look up into a fir tree as the ranger had mentioned, and there were two bald eagles sitting up on a branch eating breakfast. We watched them in that tree for an hour. One of them then flew out over the lake and the beauty took our breath away. We decided to walk a little further down from where we had parked, and there sitting on a branch of a dead tree, against an early-morning, crystal-clear blue sky was one of them staring at us! We had driven up there on a whim, and there we were looking at these magnificent birds that we thought we would never see. We left there so grateful for what we had witnessed. Now that summer is here, we are planning to head east next week and see if we can spot them again. The ranger had mentioned that there was possibly two nesting pairs there. It appeared they were mature eagles, so we are curious to see if any young had been born in Moraine. We really are looking forward to our next trip and hoping we will be so lucky again.

By: Cory

Cory — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:38:56 +0000

went on a 43 mile trip down the Clarion River 2 weekends ago, and was lucky enough to see a pair of bald eagles being harrassed by crows right as we began to enter Cooks Forest

By: Dacey

Dacey — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:33:30 +0000

Kate,
Yes, it is the Prospect near Moraine. Sorry to disappoint, but I think my feathered friends are of the osprey variety. The tower that they’re in is fairly far from the road and with the inexpensive binoculars I have, it was hard to tell for sure. But, I think there was too much white on the belly for it to be a bald eagle. If someone finds out otherwise, I would love to know.