Given Peter Scully's and Tom Salo's posts on golden eagles, I thought I'd share a recent article on a golden eagle that "fell from the sky" in Pawling, NY.
http://www.lohud.com/article/20130225/NEWS/302250088/Golden-eagle-mend Jesse Jaycox -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Salo Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 10:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] Golden Eagle - Pawling I emailed Peter separately to urge his friend with the wildlife camera that photographed a Golden Eagle to participate in the Appalachian Eagles Project next winter. This past winter 12 sites operated in New York. Cameras at baited sites recorded many Golden and Bald Eagles, Barred and Great-horned Owl, fishers, coyotes, bobcat, flying squirrel, corvids including ravens by the score, foxes of both species, raccoons, 3 species of buteo - one of which was the Dark Morph calurus Red-tailed Hawk posted earlier. We were also able to document movements by 2 Bald Eagles when banded birds showed up at different sites 26 miles apart. At this point in late winter, adult Golden Eagles start heading north to their breeding territories. At sites still operating we assume any new birds this late are migrants instead of winter residents. This is a fun and interesting project for someone in a rural or semi-rural area with the use of a pickup truck, an acceptable site and a willingness to handle road-killed deer. A limited number of cameras are available to lend each winter. Visit http://www.appalachianeagles.org/ for more information and sample photos. Contact me if you are interested in participating in New York. Tom Salo, NYS Coordinator Appalachian Eagles Project -- Tom Salo 5145 State Highway 51 West Burlington, NY 13482 607-965-8232 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
