Whale-ista
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Rescued Bird ID confirmed?
Last month a photo of a young raptor was posted on the forum. It had been rescued after a fire, I believe.
Did anyone firmly ID the bird?
I'm asking because there are bald eagles in San Diego county, and given their range, it would not be impossible for them to be found in Northern Baja
California.
Below is a young bald eagle in flight. More photos like this one can be seen at San Diego Birding
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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vgabndo
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The young hawk I found, and which Jaime Morales and his wife nursed back to health, matured into a beautiful Red Tailed Hawk and was released into the
Vizcaino desert.
My books show no Bald Eagles in Baja and their favorite food being fish one would expect to see them along the coast, if at all. I personally haven't
seen any down here. I'm pretty tuned-in, because they are fairly common at my address in their northern California roosting area and I still get
excited when they soar over the house.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Wiles
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Have seen wintering bald eagles over the marshes in Guerrero Negro.
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vgabndo
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Wow, that's neat to know. Right in my neighborhood, relatively speaking!
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Whale-ista
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Thank you for updates!
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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Geo_Skip
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Thank you vagabundo! You accomplished a great good.
My family has assisted both a Great Horned Owl (stolen from nest) and a Golden Eagle (shotgun pellets in one wing) rehabilitation and release. It's
an incredible feeling of accomplishment when they go back to their rightful place.
But watching the Great Horned Owl walk up the side of the road to the ranch house in broad daylight, begging for food like a fledgling, is something
that still makes me laugh (she was too impressed on people, but that faded after six months and she went wild).
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woody with a view
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I have seen bald eagles at San Clemente Island 60 miles west of San Diego.
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Wiles
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Eagles at Catalina. Great yellowtail and calico bass fishing under the nest.
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bajadogs
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
I have seen bald eagles at San Clemente Island 60 miles west of San Diego. |
 How cool is that?!?! I have always wanted to go there.
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Cypress
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Saw a bald eagle Monday. It was soaring above the marsh. They might stay down here along the MS/LA coast year 'round.
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