Bald Eagle sighting!...Bald Eagle sighting!...Bald Eagle sighting!...Bald Eagle!

[fatlazyless]

Place a dead drowned red or grey squirrel out on the ice, say 20 yards off shore, and it's likely to be eaten by either crows or the eagle. Maybe after sitting out on the white ice for 30 minutes, it attracts big black crows that start in on all sharing the drowned squirrel, and then maybe the eagle will show up and scare them away. The crows see the eagle and it's 'goodbye lunch' for the crows. The eagle picks up the squirrel, and flys further out onto the ice, maybe one half mile off shore, and eats the squirrel all by itself.

With four large Pin Oak trees and their acorns, my tiny little lot is prime for squirrel-chipmunks. The chipmunks must be hibernating now. While chipmunks are a gentle little animal, the grey squirrels are tough, strong and very agile. The squirrels like to move into the fiberglass insulation beneath the floor in the crawl space so the old Hav-a-Heart trap & peanut butter is usually on full alert. This time of year, It works pretty good with the cheapest peanut butter for me and the birdies.

I suppose that crashing through the ice in an automobile would be similar to an Hav-a-Hearted squirrel's last wet dip. Looking at the squirrel's intact facial expression, drowning is a very unpleasant way to go, but at least it is quick.

[hilltopper]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

The squirrels like to move into the fiberglass insulation beneath the floor in the crawl space so the old Hav-a-Heart trap & peanut butter is usually on full alert. This time of year, It works pretty good with the cheapest peanut butter for me and the birdies.

I'll have to try my Hav-a-Hart with peanut butter. I've got some greys in the eves. Last time I used nuts in the trap and, lo and behold, I trapped a skunk. After that things got REAL interesting...

[Dave M]

Fill a five gallon bucket half full of water and put some bird seed in it.
Place a ramp up to the opening. The squirrel goes in for the food but can't get out due to the water. If catch one put cover on and move it.
Learned this from some persons at Aguay.

Dave M

[Weirs guy]

Originally Posted by hilltopper

...I trapped a skunk. After that things got REAL interesting...

What a great use for the photopost!

[kayakn]

I have been watching 2 Golden Eagles fighting & feasting on something on the ice, probably leftover fish from last weekend. This would be near the northwest tip of Sleeper's facing mainland. They had been there for about 1.5 hours. Then circling over Sleeper's, I count 3 Golden's & 1 Bald Eagle. While the smallest Golden remains down on the ice feeding. What a site! Too far away for my camera, though. Keep a lookout for them. I have never seen so many together.

[fatlazyless]

This afternoon I heard an eagle's voice for about 20 seconds before seeing it one minute later. Upon hearing it's squeeky voice, my first thought was that the voice was that of a mink. About one minute later, it flew directly overhead, about 20' up, and landed on a nearby king pine. After a minute it flew the one mile to Timber Island, entirely at an extremely low altitude of about 12 inches above the frozen lake.