On Sunday, 12/17, I saw a well marked immature Golden Eagle at Stissing Pond in Pine Plains, Dutchess County. In very dramatic fashion, the bird flew in low over the pond and through a large flock of geese that were flying into the pond at the same time. In a state of panic, the incoming geese aborted their mission and scattered in every direction. Though obviously quite nervous, the some 2,500 geese on the pond did not budge. There was also an immature Bald Eagle at the pond's far edge providing direct comparison.
John Askildsen Millbrook, New York -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
