How exciting! That's one bird I'll never get. What fun to get to watch it. Could you get any pictures?
Sent from my iPad On Jan 28, 2013, at 10:55 AM, Donna Scott <d...@cornell.edu> wrote: > While finishing my morning coffee in the comfort of my warm kitchen facing > Cayuga Lake, I was treated to a majestic landing of a mature BALD EAGLE on a > large branch of the big Cottonwood tree on my beach! After sitting a few > minutes, it dropped down to the beach and apparently caught a rodent or some > other dark-colored prey and swooped up again to land in the dead White Oak > tree nearby. > > It ate the critter, then cleaned its beak on the tree limb and later soared > around over the lake a few times and came back to the Cottonwood, where it is > still perched, looking out at the lake! > I hope it comes back for the Great Backyard Bird Count. > > Donna Scott > > Donna L. Scott > 535 Lansing Station Road > Lansing, NY 14882 > d...@cornell.edu > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
