Bird Watching: A Few Waterfowl Pics, 0 by Grasmussen

Grasmussen wrote:

Quoting: Have you ever visited Homer, Alaska ? Have you heard of the "Eagle Lady"

Homer, AK is 245 highway miles form Anchorage. I haven't been there in about 4 years, and never in the winter when there's a large concentration of Eagles. The "Eagle Lady" is rather infamous, at least as far as the Dept. of Fish & Game is concerned. She has created a large population of Eagles dependent on an artificial food source. She's old and won't be around to beg and barrow the tons of fish need to feed this artificially maintained population to much longer. ADF&G wants to fase out the artificial feeding of Eagles on the Homer Spit. She has created a very controversial situation.

The Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, near Haines, AK, is the annual gathering site of more than 3,500 Bald Eagles, from late October through January. It's the largest natural concentration of Bald Eagles in the world. The main eagle viewing area is along the Chilkat River flats, between mile posts 18 to 24 of the Haines Hwy. I spent Christmas day 1984 photographing eagles in the preserve. Unfortunately, Haines is a full days drive from Anchorage, including 329 miles through the Yukon Territory and British Colombia, Canada to reach the top of the panhandel.

Quoting:No one seems to give a "hoot" about the ol' American Coot ...

Coots are rare in Anchorage. When one showed up at a local lake last fall, there were daily posting of siting and location, on AKBirding net site.

Gary