{"id":8889,"date":"2013-10-01T08:04:41","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T15:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=8889"},"modified":"2013-10-01T08:04:41","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T15:04:41","slug":"47-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=8889","title":{"rendered":"47 eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Forty seven, that is the number of Bald Eagles seen on the roughly forty kilometre drive along the Lardeau River from Meadow Creek to Trout Lake. On earlier autumnal drives there, the count has ranged from as few as 6 to as many as 68.<\/p>\n

Of course, it isn’t that I have any need to see so many eagles (although they can be fun), but a high eagle count hints at the likelihood of seeing Grizzly Bears. The links between them are the spawning Kokanee. If Kokanee are plentiful, birds and bears come to feed. Alas, no grizzlies were seen on this jaunt (although the Mountain Goats<\/a> were nice)—another trip is in order.<\/p>\n

Although eagle count numbered 47, only a few were photographed, and fewer still were worth showing. This adult in a cedar tree offered the most colourful scene.
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Most, like this juvenile, merely sat on tree limbs and watched the river below.
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Now and then one would fly from one vantage point to another, as did this juvenile.
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Here and there, one could see an eagle chowing down on a Kokanee.
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Adults were better at catching the fish than were juveniles. The adult (right) perched on driftwood while eating. A hungry juvenile (left) joined it, but waited until the adult left before daring to eat the scraps.
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