Winter Eagles

Island-Ho · 12-23-2005, 03:58 PM

The following is from the monthly NH Fish & Game Newsletter.

"Winter is the best time to see the largest number of eagles in New Hampshire. Bald eagles from the frozen North have been showing up lately at their usual wintering areas along rivers and other open-water areas such as along the banks of the Merrimack River, Great Bay, and the Weirs Channel and Governor's Island at Lake Winnipesaukee. The presence of eagles at daytime perch areas at the water's edge may be easy to detect, but the nighttime roosts are usually well hidden (for protection from the wind) and up to several miles from the water. During the winter, eagles will feast upon slow swimming fish that they catch at the surface and just as readily upon fish left on the ice of the big lakes and ponds by ice fishermen. Wintering ducks, mostly mallards and blacks, which are congregated by the lack of open water during these months, are also a staple of the wintering eagles' diet."

Keep your eyes open and you may see an eagle around the lake.

Merry Christmas to all!

12-23-2005, 03:58 PM	#1
Island-Ho Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 176 Thanks: 19 Thanked 14 Times in 11 Posts	Winter Eagles The following is from the monthly NH Fish & Game Newsletter. "Winter is the best time to see the largest number of eagles in New Hampshire. Bald eagles from the frozen North have been showing up lately at their usual wintering areas along rivers and other open-water areas such as along the banks of the Merrimack River, Great Bay, and the Weirs Channel and Governor's Island at Lake Winnipesaukee. The presence of eagles at daytime perch areas at the water's edge may be easy to detect, but the nighttime roosts are usually well hidden (for protection from the wind) and up to several miles from the water. During the winter, eagles will feast upon slow swimming fish that they catch at the surface and just as readily upon fish left on the ice of the big lakes and ponds by ice fishermen. Wintering ducks, mostly mallards and blacks, which are congregated by the lack of open water during these months, are also a staple of the wintering eagles' diet." Keep your eyes open and you may see an eagle around the lake. Merry Christmas to all!