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[THE_ROE_SLINGER]

23 for me...However one could be a rock that looks like an eagle

so 22 forsure!

[BladeKid]

21...unless one of those rocks is an eagle

[Sam Salmon]

I took the liberty of posting this on Allcoast.com just to give the guys there something different to look at-like me the photo below counts 21.

[johnny]

I took the liberty of posting this on Allcoast.com just to give the guys there something different to look at-like me the photo below counts 21.

I think a few of those are turkey vultures.. slightly different shape and no white head.

 

[Hook Set]

Also hard to tell how many there are on the other side

[ever_hopefull]

Ok Rodney - how many were there??   

[Guppy]

i only see 19

[adriaticum]

The real questions for me, is where this place might be?

[mahimahi]

looks like the cheakamus

[Zach]

i got 17

[testo84]

21 eagles and 136 seagles

gj Ryan you have passed mathematics course

[coryandtrevor]

I count a dozen or so guys counting eagles and not catching fish !!!

The ol' counting eagles trick. Nice try Rod ! 

[Rodney]

Good point about the turkey vultures Johnny, but I think all the black ones in this photo were all juvenile bald eagles. We did see some larger ones further upstream that seemed to be turkey vultures. This is taken from the Cheakamus River. I counted 22 in total from my original photo. The top right hand side actually has four sitting along the edge of the bar. In the reduced size photo, it looks like there are three only but there are just too many pairs of legs to be three. Glad you enjoy it.

[salmon river]

Bald eagle count lowest since 1990

Shortage blamed on lack of salmon in area rivers, which provide birds with greatest source of nutrition

Bird lovers are concerned after a tally in one of the country's eagle hot spots on Sunday turned up about half the number of eagles spotted last year.

Snow, sleet and rain pelted about 60 volunteers at the 22nd annual Brackendale Bald Eagle Count who combed the area between the Elaho Valley northwest of Whistler and Shannon Falls.

But what really dampened spirits was the total number of the birds spotted in the region: 893, down from 1,757 last year and the lowest count since 1990.

Volunteer and biology student Anna Smith said there's a simple reason the numbers are so low in the area: They've got very little food this year.

The salmon in area rivers, which eagles depend on for food, are at a quarter of normal levels, Smith said.

It's normal for salmon stocks to fluctuate every four or five years, but Smith said there could be other factors explaining the shortages: Overfishing, sea lice infestations associated with fish farms, and a major spill of caustic soda in the Cheakamus River after a 2005 CN Rail freight-train derailment.

As she tabulated the day's data Sunday at the Brackendale Art Gallery, Smith directed visitors hoping to spot eagles to the local dump, where one volunteer said he had counted hundreds.

Smith said she was concerned that if eagles feed off garbage rather than their natural food source, they won't get the nutrients they need to survive the winter.

I would say sea lice is a major reason why less salmon and warmer waters to an extent.

Anyone here ever go see the Eagles? I see Eagles here but it would be quite the sight to see so many at once though.

Read the rest here

[coryandtrevor]

Pretty sure its massive commercial fishing outfits that are primarily to blame. Sea lice might have a small effect but nothing compared to  what the large scale commercial fishing operations do.If you don't believe me take a look in your local supermarket or your nearest Red Lobster and then times what you see by 1000000 cuz those wild salmon products span several different chain supermarkets and restaurants.Whether the damage done is during the targeting of certain species or from by-catch its debatable.

When will they classify salmon as endangered ? When there is only a dozen left ? Is it too late already ?


CandT