03 Feb 98 04:23, Dave Hazelman wrote to Maurice Kinal:
 MK>> I have had bald eagles picking off fish within 5 feet of the canoe
 MK>> when I have been fishing.  Although it is interesting to see, it is
 MK>> annoying as hell when you're not catching any!  Hey!  Leave some for
 MK>> me already!  :) 
 DH>  Hehehe that's funny. I guess the birds are better fishermen than we 
 DH> are.
 DH>  Maybe they have a better viewpoint up there in the sky.
No doubt about that.  I didn't even know those fish were there and the eagle 
picked them off no problem.  I think the eagle was using me as a lure!
Anyhow it was and is an awesome sight though.  I never noticed any bald 
eagles in my travels around Ontario.  Are there any/many in Michigan?  The 
most I have seen in one place was just north of here on Quadra Island 
although parts of northern Manitoba came in a close second.  I hear there are 
tons of them around Alaska although I haven't been there yet.  I have been 
close to Alaska when I skirted the Panhandle in northern BC on my way back 
from the Yukon.  Lots of grizzlies fishing for salmon but seeing they had the 
best spots I didn't bother trying to catch any.  The grizzlies didn't appear 
to want to share their spots.  :(
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