"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:28:04 -0500, thunder
wrote:

For the past several weeks, I have been watching several Bald Eagles
fish
a local lake. You are right, they are quite exciting. They are also
making quite a comeback. In this state, New Jersey, we've gone from
having one nesting pair a few short years ago, to over fifty nesting
pair.

They are apparently making a spectaular comeback. We have seen four
adults so far this year and one adolescent, here in south Florida. In
my entire life we had seen two previously in the wild, one on the
Connecticut River near Essex, and one off the coast of Monhegan
Island, Maine.

Also, the wing profile of an osprey is more W shaped with the wingtips
swept back a little. Eagles are straight across.
We have a LOT of Osprey around here, almost dime a dozen. From a
distance it's fairly easy to confuse the two but once you spot the
yellow beak and all white head, you know you've got an eage.