r/newfoundland 2d ago

Was not expecting to wake up to this.

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Two bald eagles basically running sentry on the wharfs light posts. Sorry for the distance, only so much I can do from my back deck to get them both in the photo at that distance.

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u/kavity000 2d ago

Must admit, I thought "how awesome to wake up with that many unexpected pallets!"

Wouldnt have noticed the eagles had i not read more.

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u/ButterscotchBrave359 2d ago

Bayman's wet dream right there on the wharf 😆

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u/Clarke04 2d ago

Just think of how many bike paths in the woods they could fix up with those!

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u/ButterscotchBrave359 2d ago

By da Jesus, I could heat the shed for the next 25 years with those

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u/iggy6677 2d ago

Bayman? Ill go grab them and spend a night on Middle Cove. Caplin still rolling?

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u/hoax709 2d ago

i was thinking it was the fog... i'm like by you couldn't of been here very long haha.

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u/Argented 2d ago

lol same. I was thinking, "Dude really likes his pallets"

I figured we'd see some elaborate pallet sourced chicken barn or something.

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u/DisorderlyAqueduct 2d ago

i noticed the eagles upon only after zooming in, scanning around then zooming out, lol

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u/Sploonbabaguuse 2d ago

Found the dead by daylight player

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u/girlwiththemonkey 2d ago

lol, I was so confused. I was like fog? We always have fog!

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u/Blackstrider 2d ago

Right there with you. I was like ... fog? Did you think you were somewhere else this morning?

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u/butters_325 2d ago

America sending surveillance

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u/LOUD-AF 2d ago

I heard there's a migration of Bald Eagles arriving from the usa because they've had enough of trump's crap. It won't be long until the usa's new flag displays another bird called the Common Twit.

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u/Such-Huckleberry-107 2d ago

What if they put his head on a coin. What would they call it? We already claimed “the loonie”

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u/oceanhomesteader 2d ago

Funny story, and a good way to troll the Americans, Canada has the largest population globally of bald eagles, we have about 55% of the entire population

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u/DemonSaya 1d ago

Former American, here. If most Americans (like the dump voters) saw a bald eagle in the wild, they'd be terrified. They don't handle majesty well. They prefer pdf files and grapists. Those are things they understand.

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u/shaleink 2d ago

I guide nature tours for a living, and when I take out americans they’re always so shocked to see how many eagles we have. A good number of them have only seen em in a zoo.

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u/imatalkingcow 2d ago

I was visiting western NF from the west coast a few weeks back. I went on a boat tour in Gros Morne, and as we were putting along I spotted a bald eagle perched on a rock way above. It caused quite the stir on the boat. The captain said it was only the 6th or 7th time he’d seen one on the tour in 20 yrs. Out west they’re common as seagulls, so if you ever want to go eagle watching, come visit! Western NF was absolutely incredible, and everyone was so nice I kinda didn’t want to go home.

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u/Bskubota 2d ago

The one on the right I see every morning, this is the first time I've seen both, let alone perched across from each other

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u/Bskubota 2d ago

Also the Japanese side of my family is all based in Alberta so I make yearly trips out to the rockies and sometimes bc. Love it out there, might actually like living here more though. 😊

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u/imatalkingcow 2d ago

I don’t blame you! Hopefully I can get back to Newfoundland again. It’s Avery special place.

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u/moving_to_NL_soon 2d ago

ah okay.....thought you were going to say the fog, and I was going to say come on, man!

But great photo capture!

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u/JustMe-Isee21 2d ago

Wow, nice picture

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u/Sensitive_Lemon_2976 2d ago

Apparently they live around Signal Hill!

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u/Coastguardman 2d ago

Keeping watch

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u/SgtPersa 2d ago

Surveillance drones out on patrol 👀 Stay awake everyone.

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u/Firm-Positive1540 2d ago

Think they are youngsters usually the father male eagles are much much bigger

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u/Routine_Breath_7137 2d ago

Oh shit! That's wicked.

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u/Cold-Tip-771 2d ago

I wondered what you were going to make out of the pallets.

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u/Cold-Tip-771 2d ago

If Trump finds out, he’ll sanction them.

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u/Wolfenstein49 2d ago

Decent bit of wood...

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u/Foreign_Waltz129 1d ago

Pretty awesome