There are two bald eagles that hang around Green Lake a lot. They fly
around and often perch at the top of Bird Island. This might have been
one of them.

Bob Mauritsen
rhm at ms.washington.edu


On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Ivorybilld wrote:

> This evening at 3:50 pm an adult Bald Eagle was atop the big fir tree "over"
> Aurora avenue on the west side of lake at the cross walk that crosses Aurora
> avenue.
> It was incredible to watch. The crows kept their distance and watched as it
> watched the lake.
> I have never seen a Bald Eagle in "the city". Not too many big cities I know
> of have them hanging out. I hope it sticks around. Maybe it was visiting
> from Discovery park?
> (by the way is there an appropriate way to address a bird if it is unknown
> whether it is female/male, it seems kind of odd to address a Bald Eagle as
> "it")
> :)
>
>
> Ivory
> Ivoryblld at aol.com
> Seattle, WA (cold and raining)
>