Bald Eagles near Wash Park

[emm74]

Great photo, thanks for posting it!

[nele]

Great pictures. Let's pause to think about what a great recovery this animal has had, here and throughout the country. Last year 115 breeding pairs of bald eagles were estimated for Colorado. Amazing comeback since 1972, when DDT was banned and the bird received endangered status. From biologicaldiversity.org (2007):

Bald eagles commonly nested in and around Rocky Mountain National Park as late as the 1950s. By 1974, just one pair remained in the state. The population remained perilously low through the 1970s and 1980s, began growing in 1986 and reached a peak of approximately 65 pairs in 2006. One-third of Colorado's nesting bald eagles occur east of the Continental Divide in the South Platte River watershed. Other breeding concentrations include the Yampa River upstream of Craig, the White River in the vicinity of Meeker, the Colorado River upstream of Kremmling, and La Plata and Montezuma counties.

[Black_Sheep3]

Originally Posted by Gamecock2001

just got around to uploading my SD Card, here is the best one:



Have not seen the eagles in a month or more, looks like they moved on.

Now that's a photo.