We've had two reports of sightings of a large bald eagle this morning.  It was seen on the big pond, Route 2 side, near the narrows.  It was first spotted by Jim Gabert when he was out fishing early this morning.  Later, Andy Rudin saw the bird, too.  

Here's what Andy wrote:

I don't know how rare this is for Joe's Pond.

A fairly large bald eagle is in the top of a tree above the third white camp to the right of the red camp along Route 2 in the third pond, near the narrows.  It has been there over an hour.

Jim Gabert came over to call my attention to it.  He spotted it while fishing.

What an impressive bird!

 
Fred went to try to get a picture, but the eagle had gone by the time he got there - unfortunately, Jim had to leave us a message, and by the time we got it and Fred headed out, he missed him by about five minutes.  We'll keep trying, though, but keep watch and get a picture for us if you can.

We have seen them around the pond a few times in the past five years or so, but as far as we can tell, they aren't nesting nearby.  There is a restoration program going on in the state, so that may account for our seeing them recently.  The ones we've seen have been young, not full grown. 

I found another site that lists sightings.  Take a look - several in our general area.