On Saturday, 4 January 2014 18:59:40 UTC-4, Tim wrote:
On Saturday, January 4, 2014 4:04:52 PM UTC-6, John H. wrote:

Just got back from walking the dogs. Walking down Westchester St., thought I saw a big bird in a



tree - a really big bird. Then I thought maybe it's a squirrel's nest. As I got closer, it looked



more and more like a really big bird with a white head. Sure enough, there was a bald eagle in an



oak behind one of the houses on the street. I stood there watching him and flagging down cars to



take a view. They all had fancy cell phones with cameras.







Finally, a seagull flew by the eagle, and the eagle took off. Don't know if it went after the



seagull or what, but it was a beautiful sight.







I've never seen one up here, although they're seen frequently further south along the Potomac.



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Hope you're day is spectacular!



We've had an unusual load of hawks and 'fish eagles' here this summer. Probably taking advantage of the large rains and back waters from last year. not to mention the small game that's in abundance.



That eagle should take advantage of the sea gull though.

Here's the eagle that was hanging around my sister's house in cape Breton.
The utility pole fed a detached garage a bit in from the road.
My brother-in-law would throw a frozen fish onto the field on occasion.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps4c1c999e.jpg

On Sun, 5 Jan 2014 08:54:31 -0800 (PST), True North wrote:

On Saturday, 4 January 2014 18:59:40 UTC-4, Tim wrote:
On Saturday, January 4, 2014 4:04:52 PM UTC-6, John H. wrote:

Just got back from walking the dogs. Walking down Westchester St., thought I saw a big bird in a



tree - a really big bird. Then I thought maybe it's a squirrel's nest. As I got closer, it looked



more and more like a really big bird with a white head. Sure enough, there was a bald eagle in an



oak behind one of the houses on the street. I stood there watching him and flagging down cars to



take a view. They all had fancy cell phones with cameras.







Finally, a seagull flew by the eagle, and the eagle took off. Don't know if it went after the



seagull or what, but it was a beautiful sight.







I've never seen one up here, although they're seen frequently further south along the Potomac.



--







Hope you're day is spectacular!



We've had an unusual load of hawks and 'fish eagles' here this summer. Probably taking advantage of the large rains and back waters from last year. not to mention the small game that's in abundance.



That eagle should take advantage of the sea gull though.

Here's the eagle that was hanging around my sister's house in cape Breton.
The utility pole fed a detached garage a bit in from the road.
My brother-in-law would throw a frozen fish onto the field on occasion.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps4c1c999e.jpg

Beautiful shot. I'm not wild about the throwing of the fish though. They get used to eating stuff
thrown out by humans and soon they're eating crap, or worse. That guy looks as though he's well able
to get his own food. Hope he doesn't electrocute himself. My wife was watching eagles on the 'net,
and one that had hatched while she was watching killed himself landing on electric wires.
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Hope you're day is spectacular!

On 1/5/2014 12:26 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
My wife was watching eagles on the 'net,
and one that had hatched while she was watching killed himself landing on electric wires.
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Hope you're day is spectacular!

I see birds sitting on power lines all the time.

On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 12:45:56 -0500, hank wrote:

On 1/5/2014 12:26 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
My wife was watching eagles on the 'net,
and one that had hatched while she was watching killed himself landing on electric wires.
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Hope you're day is spectacular!

I see birds sitting on power lines all the time.

I think they have to be big enough to touch two of them at a time, or ground themselves, or some
damn thing. I know sitting on one wire and touching nothing else is safe.
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Hope you're day is spectacular!

On Sunday, January 5, 2014 12:42:59 PM UTC-6, wrote:
On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 13:23:43 -0500, Poco Loco

wrote:



I see birds sitting on power lines all the time.



I think they have to be big enough to touch two of them at a time, or ground themselves, or some

damn thing. I know sitting on one wire and touching nothing else is safe.



You see them on the low voltage and even medium voltage now and then

but I never see one on a high voltage line. (using the PoCo definition

of voltage)

I think the corona of HV lines keeps them away.

The capacitive effect might knock them out if they try.

I do see a bird on the HV poles now and then tho but they are

grounded.



The critters that take a beating are the squirrels. If they are

playing around the transformers they do get between the hub and the

can now and then and hit the ground in a smoking pile of fur.

Not really that often but we've had a problem with 'protected' wild turkeys flying up into electric lines, crossing the wires and blowing out transformers. Lights out!

On Sun, 5 Jan 2014 10:47:28 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

On Sunday, January 5, 2014 12:42:59 PM UTC-6, wrote:
On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 13:23:43 -0500, Poco Loco

wrote:



I see birds sitting on power lines all the time.



I think they have to be big enough to touch two of them at a time, or ground themselves, or some

damn thing. I know sitting on one wire and touching nothing else is safe.



You see them on the low voltage and even medium voltage now and then

but I never see one on a high voltage line. (using the PoCo definition

of voltage)

I think the corona of HV lines keeps them away.

The capacitive effect might knock them out if they try.

I do see a bird on the HV poles now and then tho but they are

grounded.



The critters that take a beating are the squirrels. If they are

playing around the transformers they do get between the hub and the

can now and then and hit the ground in a smoking pile of fur.

Not really that often but we've had a problem with 'protected' wild turkeys flying up into electric lines, crossing the wires and blowing out transformers. Lights out!

Did it kill the turkey? When a kid in Minnesota, my grandfather would point out a goose every now
and then that had electrocuted itself on wires. He's the one that told me they had to touch two
wires, and most other birds were too small to do so.

Looks like the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Physics has some answers:

http://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=1341

[Ain't the internet great? 100 geese **** 100 lbs, and the birds have to touch two wires. Wow.]
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Hope you're day is spectacular!

On Sunday, January 5, 2014 1:01:49 PM UTC-6, John H. wrote:
On Sun, 5 Jan 2014 10:47:28 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:



On Sunday, January 5, 2014 12:42:59 PM UTC-6, wrote:

On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 13:23:43 -0500, Poco Loco



wrote:







I see birds sitting on power lines all the time.







I think they have to be big enough to touch two of them at a time, or ground themselves, or some



damn thing. I know sitting on one wire and touching nothing else is safe.







You see them on the low voltage and even medium voltage now and then



but I never see one on a high voltage line. (using the PoCo definition



of voltage)



I think the corona of HV lines keeps them away.



The capacitive effect might knock them out if they try.



I do see a bird on the HV poles now and then tho but they are



grounded.







The critters that take a beating are the squirrels. If they are



playing around the transformers they do get between the hub and the



can now and then and hit the ground in a smoking pile of fur.



Not really that often but we've had a problem with 'protected' wild turkeys flying up into electric lines, crossing the wires and blowing out transformers. Lights out!



Did it kill the turkey?

John it blew the tar out of it. Another instance I was driving to work and saw some big winged thing hanging upside down by two feet that were clenched around one wire. and wings pointed toward the ground. it had white feathers, at least, the ones that were left...

hank wrote:
On 1/5/2014 12:26 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
My wife was watching eagles on the 'net,
and one that had hatched while she was watching killed himself landing on electric wires.
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Hope you're day is spectacular!

I see birds sitting on power lines all the time.

The problem with the large birds, is their wings are wide enough to span
two wires. Lots of the high voltage lines are non insulated on the power
poles.

On 1/5/2014 11:54 AM, True North wrote:


Here's the eagle that was hanging around my sister's house in cape Breton.
The utility pole fed a detached garage a bit in from the road.
My brother-in-law would throw a frozen fish onto the field on occasion.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps4c1c999e.jpg



That's a great picture.

My younger son has become a somewhat accomplished photographer and
specializes in wildlife and landscape photography. One of his pictures
recently won first prize in a Boston photography contest.

Here's a link to a slide show of some of his wildlife images. He spends
his "off" time from work tromping around in local conservation lands
looking for subjects to photograph.

The second link is some of the landscape images taken locally: He had
several of them printed on canvas and has sold a few.

http://www.tailwagphotography.com/wildlife.html

http://www.tailwagphotography.com/south-shore-massachusetts.html

On Sunday, 5 January 2014 13:45:03 UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/5/2014 11:54 AM, True North wrote:





Here's the eagle that was hanging around my sister's house in cape Breton.

The utility pole fed a detached garage a bit in from the road.

My brother-in-law would throw a frozen fish onto the field on occasion.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ps4c1c999e.jpg







That's a great picture.



My younger son has become a somewhat accomplished photographer and

specializes in wildlife and landscape photography. One of his pictures

recently won first prize in a Boston photography contest.



Here's a link to a slide show of some of his wildlife images. He spends

his "off" time from work tromping around in local conservation lands

looking for subjects to photograph.



The second link is some of the landscape images taken locally: He had

several of them printed on canvas and has sold a few.



http://www.tailwagphotography.com/wildlife.html



http://www.tailwagphotography.com/south-shore-massachusetts.html

Nice pictures.. he seems to have a talent for photographing wildlife.
I'm betting he has a full frame camera with a serious telephoto lens.