http://orcasissues.com/living-with-the-eagles-everyone-has-to-eat Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:16:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://orcasissues.com/living-with-the-eagles-everyone-has-to-eat/comment-page-1#comment-174 Steve Jehly Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:36:47 +0000 http://orcasissues.com/?p=2673#comment-174 I lived on a cul-de-sac in Sitka, Alaska (the land of the bald eagle!) before we moved to Orcas Island. Sitka is on Baranof Island. We love island life! I had an indoor/outdoor cat and one day I was looking out the window at Scruffy standing in the cul-de-sac and from over the house came a bald eagle, gear down and very focused on Scruffy. He hit and grabbed him and sent him rolling. Luckily he was able to scurry into the brush. My neighbor must have seen the event and called me: "Steve, did you see what happened to Scruffy out on the road?" Yes, I did. I had been used to seeing eagles snatch a salmon or two from the water-but not cats. They would sit in the trees and sing to us daily while searching the water. When we moved to Orcas Island we were thrilled to be able to see bald eagles circling overhead. One other airborne creature I recognise in the air above Orcas is a Beaver on floats, but that's another story. Thank you, Jaen, for bringing back some very fond memories (and I know Coal is enjoying the spring too). I lived on a cul-de-sac in Sitka, Alaska (the land of the bald eagle!) before we moved to Orcas Island. Sitka is on Baranof Island. We love island life! I had an indoor/outdoor cat and one day I was looking out the window at Scruffy standing in the cul-de-sac and from over the house came a bald eagle, gear down and very focused on Scruffy. He hit and grabbed him and sent him rolling. Luckily he was able to scurry into the brush. My neighbor must have seen the event and called me: “Steve, did you see what happened to Scruffy out on the road?” Yes, I did. I had been used to seeing eagles snatch a salmon or two from the water-but not cats. They would sit in the trees and sing to us daily while searching the water. When we moved to Orcas Island we were thrilled to be able to see bald eagles circling overhead. One other airborne creature I recognise in the air above Orcas is a Beaver on floats, but that’s another story. Thank you, Jaen, for bringing back some very fond memories (and I know Coal is enjoying the spring too).

]]> http://orcasissues.com/living-with-the-eagles-everyone-has-to-eat/comment-page-1#comment-391 Steve Jehly Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:36:47 +0000 http://orcasissues.com/?p=2673#comment-391 I lived on a cul-de-sac in Sitka, Alaska (the land of the bald eagle!) before we moved to Orcas Island. Sitka is on Baranof Island. We love island life! I had an indoor/outdoor cat and one day I was looking out the window at Scruffy standing in the cul-de-sac and from over the house came a bald eagle, gear down and very focused on Scruffy. He hit and grabbed him and sent him rolling. Luckily he was able to scurry into the brush. My neighbor must have seen the event and called me: "Steve, did you see what happened to Scruffy out on the road?" Yes, I did. I had been used to seeing eagles snatch a salmon or two from the water-but not cats. They would sit in the trees and sing to us daily while searching the water. When we moved to Orcas Island we were thrilled to be able to see bald eagles circling overhead. One other airborne creature I recognise in the air above Orcas is a Beaver on floats, but that's another story. Thank you, Jaen, for bringing back some very fond memories (and I know Coal is enjoying the spring too). I lived on a cul-de-sac in Sitka, Alaska (the land of the bald eagle!) before we moved to Orcas Island. Sitka is on Baranof Island. We love island life! I had an indoor/outdoor cat and one day I was looking out the window at Scruffy standing in the cul-de-sac and from over the house came a bald eagle, gear down and very focused on Scruffy. He hit and grabbed him and sent him rolling. Luckily he was able to scurry into the brush. My neighbor must have seen the event and called me: “Steve, did you see what happened to Scruffy out on the road?” Yes, I did. I had been used to seeing eagles snatch a salmon or two from the water-but not cats. They would sit in the trees and sing to us daily while searching the water. When we moved to Orcas Island we were thrilled to be able to see bald eagles circling overhead. One other airborne creature I recognise in the air above Orcas is a Beaver on floats, but that’s another story. Thank you, Jaen, for bringing back some very fond memories (and I know Coal is enjoying the spring too).

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