Someone has left large amounts of bait in the past in that area in years
past. I think it was fish parts. I heard about it so I wouldn't be
surprised if that is what's happening again.



*Ann*

Ann Pultz Kramer
Stanwood, WA

"*Use what talents you possess; the wood would be very silent if no birds
sang there except those that sang best**."*
*Henry Van Dyke*



On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM Tom Benedict via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> If this is intentional baiting, would that be a violation of the Bad and

> Golden Eagle Protection Act?

>

> Tom Benedict

> Seahurst, WA

>

> > On Jan 21, 2025, at 12:40, Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <

> tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> >

> > Hello tweets,

> >

> > A few days ago we drove through the Samish Flats and again saw a huge

> concentration of Bald Eagles, north of the Bayview-Edison Road and not far

> west from the East 90. Many were on the ground, but they were interacting

> constantly in the air, chasing one another for what looked like carcasses

> or pieces therefrom, and one we got a good look at was a duck. They

> certainly didn't catch all those ducks and carry them to a common feeding

> area, so we wondered what was going on.

> >

> > It was absolutely spectacular for photography, eclipsing the Short-eared

> Owls that were also flying in the bright sun at 11 am. The usual number of

> cars and photogaphers were there.

> >

> > Are people putting out carcasses in those fields to attact eagles? Does

> anyone know?

> >

> > Dennis Paulson

> > Seattle

>

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