Bald Eagle Sightings

[The Bubba Effect]

I saw a pair of bald eagles sitting on a deer carcass on I69 south of Bloomington. It was something just flying down the interstate and looking over to see them looking back at me.

 

[Hoosier8]

I was at Pic-A-Part in Indy and talked to one of the workers there of Mexican extraction and he was so excited that a bald eagle was nesting nearby. I mean he was really thrilled. It was kind of slick.

 

[ghitch75]

I saw a pair of bald eagles sitting on a deer carcass on I69 south of Bloomington. It was something just flying down the interstate and looking over to see them looking back at me.

yep I69 will end up killing every eagle and deer in the path......

 

[jblomenberg16]

Saw two this weekend in Jackson Co while duck hunting. One may have been a juvenile as it did not have a very distinctive white head, and the other was not close enough to get an eye on the "bald" head, but guessing based on relative size was an adult.

Amazing how beautiful and majestic they are to see in the wild. Very clear why they were chosen as a symbol of this great nation!

 

[indyjohn]

I learned this week a pair have lived near my neighborhood on the southeast side of Indy for some years, with recent sightings. OG and I pay attention to the hawks & falcons in our area (there are many) but we've not seen the eagles yet.

 

[T.Lex]

In the last week, I've had 2 sightings of a young adult/adolescent (can't really tell) bald eagle on the west side of Carmel. I've seen plenty of hawks out here over the years, and turkey vultures, but the eagle is new (to me) around here.

Pretty neat, as long as it stays away from the trash cans on trash days.

 

[youngmanjr1970]

Have one hanging out down here in Greensburg for a while now.

 

[Michigan Slim]

Saw one in Fort Wayne today. Getting common

 

[Hop]

Ya know... I was in Alaska for ~10 days and wanted to see some wildlife. Anything! & I saw nothing! I even went to Eagle Beach and didn't see a single Eagle. I hiked out by myself in the middle of nowhere. Saw nothing! I asked a local store where to see some. "Down near the trash dumpsters on the docks" she said. I went to three docks. Nothing!

 

[rhinoabe]

I spotted two in a field at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center last Monday and I saw one April 7, eating a dead squirrel by a little town called Zenas. I have traveled all over the U.S. and have never seen any in the wild before this month.

 

[daddyusmaximus]

There is one around Remington somewhere. A friend saw it, and so did my daughter. Hoping I get a glimpse of him soon. Love big birds of prey, but the Bald Eagle, well that's "Merica!

 

[mom45]

There is at least one pair at Bass Lake that has been there for a couple of years now. We also saw one in a field north of the Kankakee on State Road 35 a couple weeks ago. It was probably a mile or two from the river, and there was a deer carcass in the field it was feeding on.

 

[buckwacker]

I see them around Greenfield periodically. I saw one perched in a tree just north of 9 and 70 Sunday evening.

 

[littletommy]

Saw one flying parallel to I-64 in western Floyd county on Monday. He was only about 10 feet off the ground. There was not much traffic, only a car about 100 yards ahead of me, we both slowed to watch as the eagle landed on a downed tree.

 

[Indy317]

They are starting to become somewhat common in Indiana. My dad saw one between Greenfield and Cumberland just off US 40. I've seen them down at IUPUI a few times, usually following the river. Last week I saw two just north of Fortville. I only noticed one at first. It circled overhead for a while, going higher and higher. It finally took off due west towards Geist. I then noticed just a bit south another bird. It was another bald eagle. This one circled for just a short while and then followed the same path as the other one, but didn't fly as high.

Ya know... I was in Alaska for ~10 days and wanted to see some wildlife. Anything! & I saw nothing! I even went to Eagle Beach and didn't see a single Eagle. I hiked out by myself in the middle of nowhere. Saw nothing!

I was in Alaska last June. Saw one in a tree in Ketchikan. Saw about ten in Hoonah. Saw 100+ in Juneau, they were all sitting on these piles of dirt (dumped I think) in this swamp like area right by the main highway. There might have been close to 200 or more, they were everywhere. I don't recall seeing any during the week we spent near Denali and Anchorage.

 

[T.Lex]

Ultimately, for as beautiful as they are, they are scavengers. If there's more food near a dump than Denali, they'll be at the dump.

 

[Dino Bravo]

I have yet to see one out here between Cumberland and Greenfield but I read somewhere recently there is a nest around New Palestine somewhere.

 

[w_ADAM_d88]

There's 3 eaglets in the nest at the Greenfield nesting sight again this year.

 

[Thomas13906]

The ones by blue river always nest in a tree really close to my dad's house so when I drive by there I always am breaking my neck checking tree tops.

 

[Thomas13906]

Also i would see the ones off of New Road in greenfield regularly when I would go to my girlfriends house.