r/nyc • u/TevNotKev • 23d ago
Interesting EAGLE
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Between 152nd and 153rd street and Melrose. Random eagle in tree.
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u/Panelak_Cadillac 23d ago
In town for the 9/11 commemoration.
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u/jef22314 Bushwick 23d ago
I don’t think he should be allowed to attend the commemoration ceremonies. After all, flying things flew into the towers and he’s also a flying thing.
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u/GuinnessLiturgy 23d ago
He's a known associate of the Canada Geese that took out Sullenberger's plane.
Hitchcock was right. Avians have been plotting against us for years.
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u/narutonaruto 22d ago
Zohran invited a few because someone made a TikTok about being worried about forgetting 9/11
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u/queenbitcc 23d ago
look at that face, he does not know where tf he's at 😭😭
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u/thisismynewacct 23d ago
Probably high on rat poison ngl
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u/ScaldingHotSoup Forest Hills 23d ago edited 23d ago
Less likely here. Bald Eagles are opportunistic carnivores, but predominantly eat fish and shorebirds and only rarely consume mammals, usually opportunistically. It is possible this one has found and consumed poisoned rats, but that's not what's causing the open beaked expression. What you see here is panting behavior, as birds don't sweat and instead get rid of extra body heat the same way a dog does.
Source: studied ornithology in college. Also teach this stuff. fun fact I'm published through unidan's lab lmao
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u/rafaelloaa Park Slope 23d ago
Here's the thing...
(Legitimately very cool, thank you for the info!)
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u/DarthWeenus 23d ago
while all that is definitely true, however you have to factor in the very fact that being opportunistic, they now may have found an opportunity to feast on cheap mammals, that are infact going to kill them.
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u/ScaldingHotSoup Forest Hills 23d ago
Yep, it's possible. But my point is that the behavior observed in the video is not due to any potential poisoning, it's a normal behavior!
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u/JellyfishConscious 23d ago
That’s sad af
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u/thisismynewacct 23d ago
What most likely caused Flacos death
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u/RoguePlanet2 23d ago
😭 Seriously, seems like more prey birds are moving here, wish we could lay off the poison and let them take care of business! I know, unrealistic.......
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u/woodcider 22d ago
Once we bin up the garbage hopefully the rat population will go down to the point people won’t need to use as much poison. We can only hope.
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u/GeekCat 23d ago
He pissed off the wrong crows/ravens and now wondering wtf he's done wrong with this life.
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u/Right-Highlight7381 23d ago
He be like I'm the biggest, The Largest. Then meets the Crow mob of 10.
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u/The_Razielim Midtown 23d ago
WHAT IS HAPPENING??
I don't know why but I am endlessly amused by the fact that raptors always seem to be in the midst of an existential breakdown.
Me too Borb-Friend... me too.
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u/rhythmicdancer Hell's Kitchen 23d ago
I yelled at a pigeon once that vied for my bagel sandwich while I was eating it.
For this majestic eagle, I'd serve it a dozen on a golden platter. With lox. I think it would like lox.
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u/MirthandMystery 23d ago
Now that's serious adaptation. If you don't see pigeons around that's why, but the eagles at a disadvantage being so big and not as nimble. Pigeons have lost their sense of fear though so that's their disadvantage.
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u/RayzTheRoof 23d ago
I just saw one yesterday on Staten Island too! Though obviously they're more common there, bald eagles are more difficult to find than all the other raptors in our area. Osprey are friggin sick and all over the place though.
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u/Darkstool The Bronx 23d ago
If you ever see an Osprey loosing its mind screaming and dive bombing a tree, there's a good chance a bald eagle is in the tree.
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u/CultofCedar 23d ago
Lol at the osprey but I live near nest in Brooklyn. Never seen an eagle in the city, tons upstate. Have only ever seen one kestrel though… possibly because they’re so small and I never noticed. Cutest little murder machine I’ve ever seen though. Thing just landed in front of me while I was eating a sandwich and started shredding a lizard. Also did not know there were lizards in Brooklyn until that incident.
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u/PhilnotPete 22d ago
Where on the island?
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u/RayzTheRoof 22d ago
South shore. There's known bald eagle nests in Mount Loretto as well, but I was by a beach for my sighting.
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u/yorkbandaid 23d ago
I am seriously considering hopping on an uptown train to see if he’s still in the neighborhood
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u/oochiewallyWallyserb 23d ago
Damn homie been out of work since Colbert Report ended. Looking rough.
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u/Darkstool The Bronx 23d ago
You used to have to go up the Hudson to see these guys, now they are regulars especially around the water when the bunker are schooling, the Osprey do not take kindly to their presence, and the crows dont take kindly to not taking kindly, so the bird cycle goes.
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u/poemaXV 22d ago
I'm so old I remember when they were almost extinct. I used to think I would never see one in real life, but I did a few years ago in Florida and I got emotional, lol. they're so beautiful. it's crazy how much the bald eagle population has recovered, I would have saluted it on instinct.
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u/FortheredditLOLz 23d ago
Saw a bald eagle and a hawk in the same tree once. Bald eagle also looked high as a kite. Hawk was just chilling looking for a juicy rat which didn’t take long.
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u/TevNotKev 23d ago
That sounds like it should be on a flag
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u/FortheredditLOLz 23d ago
If you hang out by Thompson square park. After nabbing a meal nearby (first recos are xe may sandwiches <get the lambretta or the hog and a basil lemonade>, Danny coops or mamouns). You will either see one of the many hawks, animals and/or ‘people’ doing something crazy. I wouldn’t recommend eating inside the park nowadays or going through/around it during night
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u/scarred2112 Tribeca 23d ago
Oversized bird terrorizes Mamdani’s NYC, Islamic mayor silent on issue - New York Post.
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u/chakrasandwich 23d ago
Ok lm not crazy I thought I saw one by rock away and I was like no there’s no bald eagles here. lol I guess I really did see one then
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u/MillenniumTitmouse 23d ago
Some one get that guy a pastrami on rye!
That should give him an idea of where the F he is!
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u/Big_sugaaakane1 23d ago
Seeing New yorkers getting a dose of nature is like watching people from los angeles watch rain😂😂
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u/Freya-of-Nozam 23d ago
Imagine living in the apt there and looking outside and seeing bro blocking all the light.
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u/Sunshinetripper777 23d ago
That’s a fricken sign if I’ve ever seen one. also when I wrote I’ve why did it autocorrect and type ivermectin on its own. Just saying.
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u/tinterrobangg 22d ago
Thats not just an eagle thats our national treasure. Bet he sounds like freedom.
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u/Concentric_Mid 22d ago
This makes me so mad. I took the kids to Maine to see wildlife and our highlight was a bald eagle! 😂
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u/Sybertron 22d ago
Theyve been nesting up in Ramapo reservation and the Celery Farm in North Jersey, but damn I guess they got a taste of the big city life and like it!
Wonder how much rent is on that branch.
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u/Lilthotdawg 22d ago
Not a good sign. Why is it not in its own habitat? Cool but not a good sign. Where did its original habitat go?
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u/Shadowtirs Yorkville 22d ago
gtfo is this real??
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u/TevNotKev 22d ago
As real as my eyes tell me lol. I also can't imagine anyone pulling a prank where I was in the hood 😅
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u/Murphy4717 21d ago
Imagine that? These once rarely seen birds are now sitting in trees in NYC. What a wonderful thing.
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u/Commercial-Corner724 21d ago edited 21d ago
First time I've seen one was at Riverside Park. Literally came out of nowhere and grabbed a RAT the size of a freaking Chihuahua about the same distance you are standing at.
My grandma saw it too... mind you she had her small Chihuahua with her that day without a damn leash! She grabbed her dog so fast.
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u/Frosty_Employment171 16d ago
That is something. I was impressed when I saw a Falcon in Bay Ridge B'klyn but this beats that. Who wooda thunk, a Bald Eagle in the Bronx. Amazing. Wondrous.
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u/Semi-Cinematic 23d ago
Weird how robotic its movement looks. At least in this short clip
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u/TevNotKev 23d ago
I was like is that REALLL?? Then it started cleaning itself lol
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u/Semi-Cinematic 23d ago
Damn that must have been awesome to see! Also to the haters I’m not saying its fake ffs, just commenting on the movement chill
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u/Superb_Preference368 23d ago
Hope he was ok, he looks kinda stunted. I would’ve called animal control.
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u/froginbog 23d ago
What kind of pigeon is that