DockRat
01-15-2010, 06:40 AM
Been seeing alot of Osprey Eagles in Long Beach ecpecially out at Pier J past the Queen Mary. There is 2 that hang out on the top of the tall lights and sit for hours mid mourning till about noon. Saw one near the Gerald Desmond Bridge and also seen them on Terminal Island sitting on lights along Navy Way. One was trying to make a nest on top of a light at Pier G near the bow of the Queen Mary but on the other side of the 710.
Saw another one dive straight down from a high up light pole and grab a perch, another time one was eating a pigeon.
Had at least 100 sightings in the last year and sometimes on a daily basis.
Keep yor eyes peeled and look up at the port light poles they look like a Owl from a distance and have a slower wing stroke than gulls or other birds.
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff241/Commanderqt03/osprey.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff138/cameranut64/Ospreywithfish04.jpg
Where do the live ? I'm thinking up the LA River.
For the C&R only crowd do you feel these Eagles are a threat and depeating local fish stock ? :ROFL:
Guys from San Pedro call them Fish Hawks :ROFL:
DR
Saw another one dive straight down from a high up light pole and grab a perch, another time one was eating a pigeon.
Had at least 100 sightings in the last year and sometimes on a daily basis.
Keep yor eyes peeled and look up at the port light poles they look like a Owl from a distance and have a slower wing stroke than gulls or other birds.
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff241/Commanderqt03/osprey.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff138/cameranut64/Ospreywithfish04.jpg
Where do the live ? I'm thinking up the LA River.
For the C&R only crowd do you feel these Eagles are a threat and depeating local fish stock ? :ROFL:
Guys from San Pedro call them Fish Hawks :ROFL:
DR