Is it rare to see a bald eagle in North Georgia (not Rome)?

[Raylander]

I see one living large at the Rock Creek Hatchery pretty regularly

 

[specialk]

Yep. See that quite often.




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Every eagle ive ever seen has been eating road kill with buzzards...

 

[treemanjohn]

I see one living large at the Rock Creek Hatchery pretty regularly

There use to be a pair of kingfishers that would sit on the power service line and live like kings. I would see them year after year.

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Had four sitting on top of power poles at the entrance to my neighborhood here on the coast. See ‘em everyday. Got a giant nest on my farm in SC. Neat birds just wish they liked duck meat a little less.

 

[Whitefeather]

There’s a couple nesting pair at West Point Lake.

 

[NCHillbilly]

I see them frequently. They’re getting to be common again.

 

[Theturtle]

We have two that I’ve seen a lot over the summer and a good many ospreys too have a nest over a drainage pond down the road

 

[Robust Redhorse]

I see them every now and them near Lake Lanier and up into the mountain counties.


I saw a golden once in White County.


I was duck hunting in Arkansas last week and golden eagles were everywhere (following the geese and ducks I suppose).

 

[Robust Redhorse]

You can tell the goldens from immature bald eagles because their leg feathers come all the way down to their feet.


Bald eagles have bare legs.

 

[GA1dad]

I'm not sure about the area, but as I've only seen three or four wild ones in my life, I consider every one rare and special! Congrats on all the sightings!

 

[NCHillbilly]

I'm not sure about the area, but as I've only seen three or four wild ones in my life, I consider every one rare and special! Congrats on all the sightings!

Go out on Clark's Hill, or almost any other lake in the southeast, and you'll see three or four in one morning.

 

[earlthegoat2]

Saw one feasting on roadkill on 17 near Shellmans Bluff.

Rumor is there is a Golden Eagle around my work on Skidaway Island lately. I would like to see it.

I guess I should also add there are dozens of Baldys around Skidaway as well.

 

[The mtn man]

See them around chatuge and nottly on a regular basis, seen one the other day in a cow pasture walking around where the farmer feeds hay.

 

[Polkberry]

I have seen at least one on every major lake in north ga that I fish regularly. I have heard of ospreys being seen at Carter's but I haven't seen one