wrote on Jul 12^th, 2008 at 3:30am:

Kingfisher wrote on Jul 12th, 2008 at 12:11am:   (You need to Login or Register "Where the bear walks with the eagle..." I hate to throw water on a cool thread or in any way disparage a great photo but I don't think those are eagle tracks. To me they look more like those of a snadhill crane or a even a turkey. An eagle does not leave tracks like that because it cannot walk like that. Thats okay, we love water.... :) There was a couple of goldens up there this trip about the size of a piper cub that could easily have that step span.  I have seen many eagles walk the beaches.  The prints had definately lost there sharpness by the time I hit the photo.   One of the islands is a large blue heron rookery, that is off limits in nesting season.  I don't believe the islands are indigenous to turkeys, I can't find any confirmation, though they are present on the penisula, one might have walked over on a cold winter day.  No turkey that big flew out there,  those were big prints, I'd be more afraid of that gobbler than a bear.   :o  I have seen an occasional heron.  The sea type birds are prevalent.  Grus canadensi flyways come no where near A.I., I'd rule out sandhill.   Where bear walks with the eagle...   paddle the A.I., it's a magical place..

Interesting bird checklist for the  Chequamegon Bay   (You need to Login or Register

Wild Turkeys  rare,  sandhills uncommon but have been sited in the  Chequamegon Bay area since 1972.   So if it's  turkey tracks or sandhills, the plot thickens 8-)