I had an excellent experience this morning shortly after 10 am on Cape Croker on the Bruce Peninsula.
I located a Golden Eagle sitting near the road and pulled over to admire it. The eagle was making soft vocalizations and staring intently across the road at the hedgerow. It flew about 100 feet away and landed in a tree just before eleven Wild Turkey walked along the edge of the field into the scruff. I got out of my car to have a better view of the eagle and watched it turn its head from side to side, even almost completely upside down twice, eyeing up the turkeys. Suddenly it launched out of the tree, wheeled around and dove down at the turkeys. There was a warning shriek and a lot of crashing in the hedgerow before the eagle flew out without a meal. It landed across the field and the turkeys hunkered down, each trying to outwait the other. Very exciting for all of us! Cindy Cartwright Saugeen Shores _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
