{"id":75456,"date":"2020-11-21T05:38:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T12:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=75456"},"modified":"2025-09-17T09:20:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T14:20:32","slug":"time-to-keep-an-eye-on-the-sky-for-bald-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/11\/21\/time-to-keep-an-eye-on-the-sky-for-bald-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"Time To Keep An Eye On The Sky For Bald Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AdultAdult Bald Eagle on the wing over a flooded flat \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 800, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Two days ago I went to my local grocery store a bit later in the morning than I usually do on days that I don’t go out into the field. As I walked towards my Jeep I heard a familiar call and my eyes turned towards the sky. My eyes scanned the sky and locked onto the bird that I knew was in the area just from hearing that single call<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

I could see a Bald Eagle being chased by a gull in the sky and my heart skipped a beat because I know it is time for me to keep an eye on the sky for Bald Eagles again. Where I live in the Salt Lake Valley I only see Bald Eagles a few months of the year and that is during the winter. I see the eagles at my local ponds, in my neighborhood, along the Jordan River perched in trees, and soaring in the sky. In the city. Yes, at this time of the year the Bald Eagles I see close to home are urban birds.<\/p>\n

After I finished my grocery shopping I went to see if I could find the Bald Eagle I had seen earlier perched in a tree and checked out the areas around the Jordan River but couldn’t locate it. That is okay though, I know I’ll see one soon. As I have mentioned here before I am never not looking for birds<\/span><\/a> which is part of the reason why I find so many of our feathered friends.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

The Bald Eagle in the photo above was photographed on a windy February morning at Farmington Bay WMA in 2019.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Bald Eagle photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I could see a Bald Eagle being chased by a gull in the sky and my heart skipped a beat because I know it is time for me to keep an eye on the sky for Bald Eagles again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":156491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151,27,1022,697,26],"tags":[4004,846,4476,3903,3133,8176,5672,4052,10648,4122,4152,4094,6384,153,3996,373],"class_list":["post-75456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bald-eagle","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-bald-eagle","tag-banking","tag-eagle","tag-eagles","tag-flat","tag-flats","tag-flight","tag-flooded","tag-flying","tag-haliaeetus-leucocephalus","tag-marsh","tag-on-the-wing","tag-raptors","tag-water","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bald-eagle-adult-flight-over-marsh-mia-mcpherson-4104.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-jD2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55893,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/02\/01\/close-up-photos-of-an-immature-bald-eagle-in-flight\/","url_meta":{"origin":75456,"position":0},"title":"Close Up Photos Of An Immature Bald Eagle In Flight","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"If I hadn't already been stopped to photograph the blackbird I wouldn't have seen this immature Bald Eagle flying towards me in time to take the photos that I took of it on the wing.","rel":"","context":"In "Bald Eagles"","block_context":{"text":"Bald Eagles","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/diurnal-raptors\/bald-eagle\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Immature Bald Eagle in flight close up, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bald-eagle-immature-third-year-mia-mcpherson-0631.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bald-eagle-immature-third-year-mia-mcpherson-0631.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bald-eagle-immature-third-year-mia-mcpherson-0631.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bald-eagle-immature-third-year-mia-mcpherson-0631.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":96905,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/11\/03\/it-is-time-to-watch-for-bald-eagles-in-northern-utah\/","url_meta":{"origin":75456,"position":1},"title":"It Is Time To Watch For Bald Eagles In Northern Utah","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 3, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Starting today I will be keeping an eye out for the return of Bald Eagles to the lower elevations of northern Utah.","rel":"","context":"In "Bald Eagles"","block_context":{"text":"Bald Eagles","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/diurnal-raptors\/bald-eagle\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Adult Bald Eagle on the wing over a pond, Salt Lake County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bald-eagle-adult-flight-pond-mia-mcpherson-7790.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bald-eagle-adult-flight-pond-mia-mcpherson-7790.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bald-eagle-adult-flight-pond-mia-mcpherson-7790.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bald-eagle-adult-flight-pond-mia-mcpherson-7790.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56199,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/02\/17\/farmington-bay-bald-eagles-close-up-and-far-away\/","url_meta":{"origin":75456,"position":2},"title":"Farmington Bay Bald Eagles Close Up And Far Away","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I'd gotten the long distance images of the Bald Eagles at Farmington Bay that I wanted to take plus close up images of this adult eagle as it flew past me. 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