Bald Eagles flock to mans yard <video>

[gbird]

Check this out.....Of course this in Alaska, and probably a fishing village, but holy cow...what a beautiful site.....and pay attention to the little girl with no pants on...LOL

30 Bald Eagles Found Roaming In Man`s Backyard | I Am Bored

Shouldn't they keep the kids farther away from them, especially with Juvinals around?



On a sad note, here in Colorado, they are looking for someone who beheaded a Bald Eagle in Boulder.

Reward Offered After Eagle Is Found Beheaded Reporting
Shaun Boyd BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)


The Colorado Division of Wildlife is investigating the discovery of a beheaded bald eagle found at the top of a hill in the eastern part of Boulder.

A hiker found the bird's carcus neatly wrapped in a red cloth under a tree in Legion Park off Arapahoe last weekend. Its talons and tail feathers were also missing.

Peter Reshetniak with the Raptor Education Foundation said an eagle's parts can sell for hundreds of dollars on the black market.

"$500 for a feather, if it's a really good head on a staff it's $1,000," said Reshetniak.

Reshetniak said some Native Americans consider the bald eagle sacred and have used parts of eagles in religious ceremonies.

"There's no way to know who did it, but the parts that were taken and the way it was left indicate it was somebody who knew something about religious rituals," said Reshetniak.

The Raptor Education Foundation is offering a reward of $3,200 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case.

The bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list in 2007 but federal law still prohibits killing the birds or selling their parts.

The Colorado Legislature recently increased the penalty for poaching a bald eagle in the state to a $100,000 fine and as much as a year in jail.

[slic102]

Wow that video is just awesome!! Thanks for posting it!!

[Ashling]

I love the noise they make. Gosh I'm lucky if I see ONE eagle in my area. I can't imagine seeing so many at once. They're so lucky!

[girly]

wow-most people never get to see a bald eagle in person, and this guy has 30 of them in his yard? are they endangered?

wow. I love the way eagles look like they are wearing pants!

[gbird]

I don't think they are endangered anymore, but they are a protected species, and it is illegal to kill or hurt one.