Originally Posted by Smitty & Co.
For those of you who don't already know, I'm one of them dying breeds, I trap as a part-time income and hobby. This year I have given a bunch of beaver carcasses to an old-time trapper here in Burnham that can't get out much anymore. He lives on Rt. 100 between Burnham and Pittsfield with an open view of the impoundment behind the dam there on the Sabasticook and sees bald eagles on a regular basis. He stated to me in an earlier conversation that he'd been seeing them and would like to feed them to help them throught the winter a bit.(bald eagles are very efficient predators) Still, I offered him the "bait" and he has just had a ball watching them (6 adults at one time) eagles feed. "Swoop" marks are like this are fairly common around bait as the eagles will also grab any mouse or vole leaving the bait when they see those big shadows "swooping" in. He has also taken two adult male coyotes from his back porch over this bait at a distance of about 175 yds., not bad shooting for an 86 yr. old man. Anyhoo, I'm rambling........:rolleyes: Cool Pic Dave! :D :p :D