Took a new-to-me Rough Ryder smooth tobacco bone copperhead (a generous gift from Todd
bigfish64
- thanks!
) on a walk to a lake yesterday. Here's a photo of the knife:
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Here's a photo of the lake (from west end looking east):
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I walked out onto a long public dock with many turns that went from the shore through a marshy area out to open water, where there was a "fishing deck". In the top of a dead tree near the end of the dock was this guy:
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If I had to guess, I'd say immature bald eagle, but I sure haven't noticed any bald eagles in my area. Anyway, some young waterfowl came flying noisily to land in the lake near the edge of the marsh, and the raptor went diving after them, but changed his flight plan when a big Canada goose positioned himself aggressively between the attacker and the flock of youngsters. Pretty cool sight!
Is my ID of the bird reasonable??
- GT