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    Kattt
    BPL Member

    @kattt

    I am just learning about these in the last few days. I guess they are somewhat rare around this area, but there are a few. Some locals have gotten very excited about it. I had no idea.

    #2078784
    Kattt
    BPL Member

    @kattt

    Eagle

    Eagle

    #2078787
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    Those are truly amazing. They look like they'd be right at home in some movie set in medieval times!

    #2078791
    Greg Mihalik
    Spectator

    @greg23

    Locale: Colorado

    Beautiful.

    #2078819
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    "I think of goldens as being in open country like Denali and Montana."

    They are also fairly common in the Sierra.

    #2078822
    Gary Dunckel
    BPL Member

    @zia-grill-guy

    Locale: Boulder

    Kat, your photos are truly wonderful. Thanks for sharing them with us.

    #2078851
    Kattt
    BPL Member

    @kattt

    Thanks Doug, Greg and Gary :)

    #2078873
    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    Hi Kat

    Just plain amazing. Honestly.

    Now, where's that article you are going to write about trail cameras? Seriously!

    Cheers

    #2079044
    Kattt
    BPL Member

    @kattt

    Hi Roger,
    Thanks and yes, I know I am dropping the ball. I want to do a good job so I am afraid to start. But I will soon!

    #2079186
    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    Hi Kat

    Feel free to bounce drafts and any Qs off me. I will be happy to help.

    Cheers

    #2079286
    Jeffs Eleven
    BPL Member

    @woodenwizard

    Locale: NePo

    Southern Miss! To The Top!!

    …ok, ok… we'll take a two win season. Hell, A first down would be sufficient.

    Awesome pics, Kat.

    That Kestrel is beautiful, too.

    #2079290
    Kattt
    BPL Member

    @kattt

    Ok Roger, will do this weekend.
    Jeff….I don't get it….help?

    #2079292
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    "Jeff….I don't get it….help?"

    They're the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles football team….

    Edited to add: and they suck. They won their first game last year, then lost the rest. Sorry Jeff….

    #2079304
    Nico .
    BPL Member

    @nickb

    Locale: Los Padres National Forest

    Amazing shots Kat. A couple of them are really great. I really like the ones of the eagle just landing or just taking off with its wings spread. The scene in the second photo (of the second batch of photos) you posted really grabs my attention.

    I've only seen a Golden Eagle up close once. It was hanging around my yard in the Santa Barbara foothills harassing a couple of red tail hawks that lived in the eucalyptus trees along the creek at the bottom of our yard.

    Impressive birds, both in their size/stature and in their aggressiveness. I understand they're pretty rare around these parts although there used to be some living out on the Channel Islands National Park. Apparently they moved in on the islands after the Bald Eagle population crashed. In recent years the Goldens were captured and relocated from the islands as part of an effort to reestablish the bald eagles on the islands and support island fox repopulation efforts. The Goldens would prey on the island foxes which are about the size of small house cats.

    #2079334
    Kenda Willey
    Member

    @sonderlehrer

    You are so lucky to have been there, and I feel so lucky to see your photos!

    #2079392
    Jeffs Eleven
    BPL Member

    @woodenwizard

    Locale: NePo

    No worries, Ide. …Its a fact.

    They were ok concidering the level (and location) of the school. Longtime coach left, been a tough road since.

    Almost two zero win seasons back-to-back. Ouch

    Giving a bad name to actual Golden Eagles.

    #2079401
    Jim Colten
    BPL Member

    @jcolten

    Locale: MN

    Not all schools harbor grandiose spirations in their choice of mascots.

    Consider the US Santa Cruz Banana Slugs!

    (says the patriarch of a family sporting 7 degrees from the school that adopted the thirteen lined grounds squirrel … aka Gopher)

    #2079403
    Kattt
    BPL Member

    @kattt

    You making fun of Slugs now??

    :) I work at UCSC….

    I also find banana slugs in my house now and then; might aim a trail camera on them next.

    #2079409
    Gary Dunckel
    BPL Member

    @zia-grill-guy

    Locale: Boulder

    Cobden Appleknockers (Illinois high school)

    Best team logo–Washington State Cougers

    #2079410
    Bob Gross
    BPL Member

    @b-g-2-2

    Locale: Silicon Valley

    "I also find banana slugs in my house now and then; might aim a trail camera on them next."

    Probably not enough movement to trip the shutter.

    –B.G.–

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