Bald Eagle Saltsburg, PA Video 3 of 5 Eagle flying to second perch

Today (March 11, 2009) I was driving east on Route 286 (from Saltsburg toward Indiana, PA) when I passed directly under a bald eagle perched on a branch which was about 30-35 feet above the roadway. This was exactly 2.7 miles east of Saltsburg, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. The eagle on the tree brach oiver Route 286 was just past the intersection with the road to Nowrytown (the intersection where the old, red shack/fruitstand is located). THis is Elders Ridge Road although no street sign is present at the intersection. Interestingly, this is just a few miles from where the Thunder Mountian Lenape hold their Pow Wows. This is about 15 miles "west" of IUP (Indiana University of Pennsylvania).

I observed eagle from 2:32 PM to 4:07 PM which is one hour and 35 minutes. When I left at 4:07 PM the eagle was still there. While there, I flagged down about ten cars driving down Elders Ridge Road to the intersection at Route 286.

The camera was a Canon Powershot S3 IS; the video was taken at 12x zoom. I was perhaps 40 yeards from the eagle. I stayed pretty far back so I wouldn't cause it to fly away.The video setting on the camera was accidentally set at the wrong (lower) resolution.

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The eagle was perched in two different trees. This video (video 3 of 5) shows the eagle flying to the second perch. Basically, the eagle flew from our left to our right, across route 286, followed a stream cut through the woods a short distance (toward Saltsburg), then landed on a tree on its left. At this point, the eagle was still visible from the road, but it would not have been noticed by cars driving by. I shot this video while standing on route 286 in an area where the stream flows right beside the road, hence there were no trees in my line of vision.

Alan's comment: The fact that it flew only about 50 yards and allowed me to continue to video tape it amazed and baffled me. I assumed that it would just fly far away.

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