The January 12th Islander cover featured an amazing picture of a Bald Eagle taken in South Hero near the Sand Bar Marina. We were wondering who else has seen this amazing Eagle? Do you have any stories or photo’s to share with our viewers? Please post any eagle sightings here. If you have photo’s please submit them to blogphotos@lakechamplainislander.com and we will be sure to get them posted on this page in the coming weeks!
Photo submitted by a reader from Georgia Shore, VT
Nice shot of an Eagle taking flight in Isle LaMotte Vermont 2011
A Picture of an eaglet taken in Isle LaMotte January 6th 2012
Eagle Sightings In the Lake Champlain Islands Click Here for more details
I’ve heard of the sightings in North Hero. I can’t wait to spot it for myself!
By: IslanderGirl on January 12, 2010
at 12:12 pm
Hi,
Saw the Bald Eagle last Saturday (March 6th) afternoon on the east side of Holiday Point flying South
By: Alan on March 12, 2010
at 4:10 pm
71 Bald Eagles Counted In Massachusetts:
Seems like we are not the only one looking for Blad Eagles here on the Islands. A two day annual Census count in Massachusetts totalled 71 birds. 45 Adults, 25 Juveniles andone of undetermined age. This count was down from the 81 counted the previous year. Does anyone know of an official count in Vermont?
By: Island Eagle on January 15, 2010
at 7:16 pm
I saw a bald eagle in the middle of the lake, eating a fish on the ice smack between Rouses Point and Alburgh just off the bridge.
By: Altair on January 18, 2010
at 11:16 am
We saw a bald eagle eating a fish on the ice on the west shore of Isle Lamotte, near the shrine, a couple of weeks ago.
By: Matt Barnes on January 23, 2010
at 8:11 pm
Hi Folks,
A good source for bird tracking information is located at E-Bird. This is a program of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology funded by the National Science Foundation. http://ebird.org/content/ebird
Here’s a link to bald eagle sightings in Grand Isle County that have been reported to E-Bird:
http://ebird.org/ebird/GuideMe?step=saveChoices&getLocations=counties&parentState=US-VT&speciesCodes=baleag&bMonth=01&bYear=2006&eMonth=12&eYear=2010&reportType=species&counties=US-VT-013&continue.x=25&continue.y=18
By: Trevor Nesbit on February 6, 2010
at 10:40 am
We have a summer home on Poor Farm Road in So. Alburgh. I saw the eagle sitting in a tree on March 23rd at about 7:00am. It was right next to the road on the lake side of Poor Farm Road approximately a mile down the road. Went back to the house to get my camera and by the time I got back it had flown off. I also got my wife out of bed to ride back with me …. she wasn’t too happy!!
By: Bob Carpenter on April 5, 2010
at 9:52 am
Getting ready to leave for the office, 4 years ago, I saw something out of my kitchen window that caught my attention. I thought it was a couple of turkeys on the ice. Got the binoculars and I saw two eagles, on the not too frozen lake span in front of our home in Alburgh. I called my husband Larry (at the office) to confirm this for me. Meanwhile, one of the eagles had flown off and returned with a huge “pink fish” in it’s talons and dropped it on the ice flow. The two began tearing into it as it flopped on the ice. Meanwhile, groups of crows, seagulls and other scavenger birds had gathered around patiently awaiting their pecking order. At that point Larry had arrived and could not believe his eyes. We watched, not so much in disbelief, but to the fact we were priviledged to be witness to our very own “Nature Show”. Unfortunately, I did not capture the moment on film. Which is why, today, I am a camera freak!!!
By: Yve on May 4, 2010
at 8:47 pm
May 23. Our friend, Merrill Hemond, spotted a Bald Eagle this afternoon soaring over the tops of the trees past the back of our house toward the Fisk Quarry. An impressive sight!
By: Linda Fitch on May 23, 2010
at 8:07 pm
An eagle has been sitting on a rock off the shore north of the Rouses Point bridge the last few mornings. Today it came back around noon to eat a fish there. My husband first spotted it in May.
By: Beth on July 6, 2010
at 6:59 pm
My husband and I had two Eagles sitting in our neighbors tree in the early spring. They stayed around for two days. Then we have seen a single Eagle flying around our home off and on this summer. Yesterday we heard an Osprey scream and saw it drop a bowpout fish in our pasture. There was an Eagle circling near the Osprey. We live on Georgia Shore in Vermont, near St. Albans Bay. I have some great photos of the two eagles sitting in the neighbors tree! We have seen eagles in our area for the past two-three years.
By: Lori on August 17, 2010
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Last week, Nov. 8th at 9:30AM a bald eagle was sitting in the top-most branches of a dead cottonwood tree on the lake side of East Shore Road. He flew away once and came back, but unfortunately we could not get a picture of him. When he left he flew large slow circles over the lake and disappeared over the west shore of the Tongue of Alburg.
By: Barbara & Richard on November 17, 2010
at 2:23 pm
Driving toward Routh 2 on Lombard Lane in South Hero, we saw a bald eagle flying low followed by an Osprey. The birds were flying East. It was before noon. It was in July.
Earlier, in Fall of 2009, we saw a bald eagle sitting on a stake as we were driving North on Route 2 as we approached the Sand Bar Bridge from the mainland.
By: Judith Wiley on November 24, 2010
at 10:55 am
On Saturday, November 27 while driving north on Rt. 2 we saw 2 mature and 2 juvenile bald eagles flying and roosting in trees in the marsh on the northeast side of the causeway just east of the Sand Bar State Park.
By: Judy & Ray Hanselman on December 7, 2010
at 1:31 pm
We saw an eagle this morning (March 28). It was standing on the Inland Sea ice about 1 mile from the Grand Isle/North Hero drawbridge.
By: Sarah Baugher on March 29, 2011
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i think i saw the eagle twice in 2011. we flew over my head on north end road, north hero. my neighbor said he saw one on the alburgh side of the lake. so we think it is the same bird.
Joyce benvenuto
By: joyce benvenuto on October 18, 2011
at 7:33 pm
I’ve seen the eagle in North Hero, by the draw bridge, more than once, these were adults. In 2010 and 2011. I have recently seen an adult (twice, seperate occasions) by the sanbar but also saw a young eagle there as well.This was 2011 for all of these sightings. To slow with the camera but still trying.
By: Renee on December 2, 2011
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Just yesterday we had a bald eagle in a tree at our home in South Hero. He was also a visitor to our home last winter.
By: Jeannine Seevers on December 27, 2011
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