Sent: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 4:22 pm

I’m thrilled to tell you all that I’ve seen Bald Eagles three times in the last week right behind our house. (We live at 4805 Olentangy Blvd.) Last Wednesday one flew north over the river at the level of our first floor around 9 a.m. Last Monday I saw one perched in a tree near the top on the bike trail side behind our house. A few minutes later a second eagle flew south over the river. The one perched watched the other with interest but no agitation, then followed it five seconds later. A minute later one flew north over the river pretty fast, circled the Cliftons house/bike trail, well above the trees, three times then flew off to the NE. I also saw one in March 2007, flying south over the river, touching the water as he passed our house.
 
These encounters are simply breathtaking. I don’t think I blinked or breathed for several minutes! They’re bigger than I would have thought. (Jeff and I have only seen them in Maine, out in the wild with no real sense of scale.) I just read that their wing span is 8 feet. The ones I saw were every each of that. The heads of all these eagles were white so that puts them over four years old.
 
I would love for you to have the same thrill that I’ve had so keep your eyes open, especially over the river. 
 
Happy Birding!
Susie Young