About at 1 pm today I saw a young bald eagle fly up from the Creek with a large fish. I missed the actual strike. But, it was very close to Dunham Road just upstream from the bridge. The creek is very shallow right now; so, it must have been easy for the eagle to see the fish. I was parked along the Creek; so, after the eagle gained some height I got a good look at it. The large bird was mostly brown with some white on its tail. It flew up into the trees on Dunham Road hill followed by a ring-billed gull. I only saw the general area where it perched. It had just started to rain when I saw the eagle. I did what any reasonable person would do: I got out of my car, zipped up my rain jacket and walked across the Dunham Road bridge with my binoculars hoping to get another look at the eagle (while maintaining a respectable distance, of course). I did not locate the bird. Some turkey vultures soaring above narrowed their circling to that area. I have seen bald eagles along Tinkers Creek from time to time. People on the local Metroparks' birdwalks also report them. I have seen them flying as far up creek as the Egbert Road picnic area. I have also seen them perched in trees near Lost Meadows picnic area. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]