FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Bald Eagle Watauga Lake

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At Watauga Lake in Carter Co., TN Monday afternoon, Jan. 26, 2004, I walked 
into Carden's Bluff Campground, which is closed for the winter, and glimpsed a 
large bird leaving a treetop just past the first picnic table on the left.  My 
right brain said Bald Eagle, while my left brain told me all the other things 
it could be.  I only saw a silhouette from the rear as it left (a true 
Rear-tailed Evader sighting!)  I also heard American Crows start to fuss near 
the 
adjacent Rat Branch Boat Ramp at that time.  After walking around Cardens Bluff 
a while, I drove over to Rat Branch.  On the small, treed island left of the 
boat ramp sat an adult Bald Eagle in plain view on a snag, apparently watching 
the fishermen along the bank there.  If it was the same bird, it must have 
been there the better part of an hour from the time it left Cardens Bluff until 
the time I finally left Rat Branch.

Don Holt
Johnson City, TN
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