Juvenile Bald Eagle “Sophie” sits in a tree after eating a fish caught on the Susquehanna River in Maryland on Sunday 11-22-2009. How do we know this is “Sophie” ? Well, according to the blue band around it’s right leg which identifies this as “S04″, a New York native that was born in a nest on Goodyear Lake in Milford, New York on May 18th, 2007. She was the only surviving chick from that nest during that breeding season. Sophie was a visitor to our section of the Susquehanna last migration season too. She likes to catch fish and sit out in the open in a tree near to the water’s edge which allows ample time to photograph her.
You can see photos of Sophie as a chick when she was banded by visiting this page and then scrolling down.
For more information on Bald Eagles, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.
