Hi to all birdalerters.
I had an Adult Golden Eagle today at 3:45 flying SW over the Durham,York
townline. GE was seen at townline & Hwy #7.
Cheers
Mike Williamson
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Gerald Donnelly who lives near Mono Road in the north end of Peel County,
reports seeing a Golden Eagle on his farm today. The bird has been seen locally
for a few days, at one time feeding on a Wild Turkey.
Reinder Westerhoff
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Thursday morning, on a frozen embayment in the Otonabee River immediately north
of Lock #23, a Golden Eagle was dining on the carcass of a very large carp.
Directions; Go to the Ashburnham Dr. exit of Hwy. 115 in Peterborough. Go
north on Ashburnham Drive to Hunter St., turn left and drive be
ISRW Oct. 19/2008
I indicated only 1 for the year the total should read 4.
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Yesterday,in Brantford on the 403 near Paris Road I saw what I believe was a
Golden Eagle. I am not an experienced birder and am wondering if anyone else
has seen a Golden Eagle in this area. The bird was on the ground, facing me. I
know it was not a Turkey Vulture and it I don't think it was an
Spotted and confirmed an adult golden eagle while at the Bayfield river on
Saturday. It was in the area all day approximately halfway between the town
of Bayfield and Varna.
-Dave
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Just saw an adult Golden Eagle on a hydro wire on hwy 24 between Guelph and
Cambridge just east of Hespeler rd.
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A Juv. Golden Eagle was just seen soaring above Airport Road South of 20th SDR
in Mono Township
Good Birding and Happy Friday.
Mike
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chatham- kent, west of Paincourt on Townline heading north, golden eagle
perched in tree along drain. also 3-4 nice Harriers patrolling St. Clair
Wildlife Area.
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Flew over mud lake, north whitby today at 3:45 pm and continued flying south
west. Located at town line rd. just west of high twelve. Got a couple of pics
of it.
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We spotted what we think was a migrating golden eagle sitting on a fence
post in Innisfil on 20th sideroad near 6th line. We have a few photos
including one showing the feathers under its wing if anyone would like to
confirm.
James and Henry
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Watched a beautiful Golden Eagle fly down the river at the northern tip of
Lake Couchinching, Washago Sunday afternoon. Managed a couple pictures if
interested.
Scott Johnston
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Currently at 11:25 EST. Watching a Golden eagle soar above me.
The location as of this email is 2nd Concession WEST of Highway 59 near
Walsingham,Ontario.
Come down 59 South through Walsingham and turn right on the 2nd. Opposite
directions if coming from the south. I saw one here yesterday
A mature Golden Eagle was observed flying east along the shoreline in South
Lancaster yesterday.
South Lancaster is about 20 kilometres east of Cornwall.
Robin Poole
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Greetings Ontbirders
Today at the Rosetta McClain Hawk watch a juvenile Golden Eagle was the
highlight of the day. Also in the lake there was a large number of Common Loons
(125+) and thousands of Red-breasted Mergansers.
Thanks to Tiny and Walter
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This morning at about 11:30 Nigel Shaw and myself observed a Sub-adult Golden
Eagle. It was watched for more than 20 minutes as it came from the Lefroy
direction and proceded to Glide and Circle in a South Westerly direction. We
lost site of it as it probably reached the Intersection of Hwy 11 a
This morning at about 9:30 a.m., as I was en route along Highway 401
travelling eastbound, I observed an adult Golden Eagle circling about
200 m above the treetops on the south side of the highway over a wooded
valley approximately half way between Exit 474 (Cobourg) and Exit 487
(Grafton, next
Hey Birders,
Not quite a Frigatebird, but a good yard bird (#150) nonetheless. We had a
juvenile Golden Eagle minutes ago passing overhead in a WSW direction at our
home, north-west of Waterloo. Surprisingly there are only a handful of
records for Waterloo region (6 records.
Also, first thi
We saw a juvenile Golden Eagle this afternoon near the dike at Shirley's Bay
in Ottawa. I good pictures good enough to confirm the ID but not good
enough to post.
Don Wigle
Ottawa
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1:10pm - While searching for the Hawk Owl on Opeongo Road, I was surprised by a
juvenile Golden Eagle flying south through the tunnel of trees over the road,
250m south of the store towards the sharp corner at the base of the lake. It
continued lazily flying low, south through the valley.
I co
Hello All;
This morning at 10:40 an Immature Golden Eagle was seen by myself in the Town
of Innisfil.I was viewed for 5+ minutes at times without Binoculars as it
Circled . I could hardly believe my eyes when I learned it wasn't another TV
coming across the Field.It was viewed along the 2nd L
Today, Thom Lambert, Jim Hopkins and I did a short excursion between Haliburton
and Minden. We found a few interesting birds:
Golden Eagle - an immature bird soaring over the Minden Dump;
Great Black-backed Gull - a 1st winter bird at the Minden Dump and 2 birds at
the Haliburton Dump, one 1st w
I was thrilled to have a very brief but close encounter with a Golden Eagle
today. I was driving westbound on the Mulmur/Nottawasaga Townline when the
eagle flew across the road about 10 metres in front of me at approximately eye
level. My first thought was juvenile bald eagle but as it flew,
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Around 11:00 this morning I had a Golden Eagle fly over the house.
Rick Brown
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Harrow Ontario
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There was a Golden Eagle migrating from NW to SE over Upper Canada College
(UCC) today at 12:50pm.
UCC is located near Avenue Rd and St Clair in mid-town Toronto.
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At 10:30 this morning there was a sub adult Golden Eagle flying slowly
northeast over the Canadian Tire at the north end of Bancroft.
To get to Bancroft take hwy 28 north from Peterborough or hwy 62 north from
Belleville.
Mike Burrell
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This afternoon at 3:15 there was a juvenile Golden Eagle perched in a tree
about 100m east of Hwy 28, about 15 minutes south of Bancroft. The exact
location was in a wetland at a bend in the road 1.1km north of the Eels Lake
Public Landing Road, which is between Apsley and Silent Lake Provinc
I saw an adult Golden Eagle near the Rideau River south of Kemptville this
afternoon about 2pm. It was fairly low initially but soon caught a thermal and
went high. See photos at link below.
Beth Wigle
Ottawa
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Today at about 2:15 pm I was driving along the 9th Line of Bradford-West
Gwillimbury just east of Hwy. 27 when I spotted an adult Golden Eagle heading
in a southwesterly direction at fairly close range. It was close enough to
readily see the "golden" nape feathers.
The bird was located north of
Yesterday at 5:00 p.m. directly over Fowlers Corners I observed an adult
golden eagle lazily circling for 10 minutes. sorry I could not post
earlier. richard pope
Fowlers Corners is northwest of Peterborough where Highway 7 North makes
a right angle to the west at
Chemong Lake.
Today I birded Woodend Conservation Area. There was a good number of birds
around today highlight was a single Golden Eagle that flew over at about 4pm.
Also there were several other hawks that flew over and were hunting including:
Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern H
On Saturday I was in the same spot where I had seen the (possible) Golden Eagle
on Friday. This time I saw what I assume was the same bird, perched, with it's
back to me. When I saw it Friday I could see that it had a dark brown head and
chest, with what I can only describe as gold highlights. F
Hi Ontbirders,
I saw an adult Golden Eagle flying east, low over my yard at the north
end of Brighton this morning, at about 930 a.m. While I get an east
to west hawk flight over my yard in fall, spring raptors are much less
frequent or directionally focused. This is my first spring Golde
It was a surprise to see a juvenile Golden Eagle north-east of Havelock. It
showed white patches on both upper and lower wings, although the lower wing
patches were smaller than shown in Sibley's Guide to Birds. It had a white
tail, with a wide dark band at the tip, and dark undertail coverts. I
We saw a Golden Eagle this afternoon on Chemin Steele north of Quyon, Quebec.
It glided on thermals high above the hills north of Steele and only remained
visible for 2-3 minutes before heading north out of sight. Pictures are
available at
https://sites.google.com/a/ontariobird.com/ontario-bir
Yesterday Dec. 14 while driving on coutny rd 13. just north of the village of
Kimberly, I saw a large black bird being harassed by a crow. The crow was
dwarfed by this other bird so I got out of my truck and found the bird in
question was an immature Golden Eagle! The crow left and the eagle b
I observed an adult golden eagle at 8:15 am on Jan. 13, 2006 on Fingal Line in
Elgin County. It was observed at very close range.
The bird was feeding on a road-kill raccoon in the middle of the road
immediately adjacent to the Talbot Estate property. Due to the hilly road, I
was only
Golden Eagle flew over Clayton Village today. Also 130+ Bohemian Waxwings near
Almonte on Wolf Grove Road. A few days ago we had a Broad-winged Hawk at our
feeder in Pakenham.
Bob Jurmain, M.Arch.
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2 Golden Eagle together flying north west, one 1st year and the other a 2nd
year, over Little Pike Bay this afternoon.
Also 4 Rough-legged Hawks were migrating.
1 Merlin was seen in breeding area.
Little Pike Bay is on Lake Huron, west of Lion's Head in the centre of the
Bruce Peninsula.
Alfred
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Hello Birders
I had a adult GE and roughly 80 +S/Buntings at Altona Rd and the 3rd
concession at 12:45 EST. Retirement not so bad after all !
Cheers
Mike
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Just a follow-up to this posting. A Golden Eagle flew over my head along the beach at 1pm (five mins ago). The white windows on its underwing clearly noted. Photos taken.
Good Birding!
Dwayne
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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
Hello,
I was able to watch an adult Golden Eagle from our patio today, as it
soared, hawking in the wind, finally landing on an out crop at the top of
King Mountain. American Crows and Common Ravens mobbed it for over an half
hour before it few in a southern direction.
King Mountain is sit
Sub-adult golden Eagle east of Glencoe in Middlesex county, 2:00 pm heading in
a northeast direction.
TCN
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Despite the weather, an adult Golden Eagle just flew over the roof of my
house here in suburban Leamington. The bird was flying east to west battling
the wind.
Not much point chasing it, but I live at 36 Cherrywood, one block west of
Sherk Street in Leamington.
Todd Pepper
Leamington, Ont
This morning at about 9:30am I observed an adult golden eagle flying westward
at
tree-top height in the area of Dickie Settlement Road and Roseville Road. I
followed it in my vehicle for several kilometers until it went into a soar and
drifted to the south west near the village of Ayr.
Directi
Hi folks!
While photographing Redpolls and Goldfinches in my yard in Orleans ( Eastern
part of Ottawa) this afternoon I noticed at approximately 2:15 PM a large bird
soaring high up. I turned my lens in its direction and it continued to come
closer ...a Juvenile Golden Eagle . Quite a surprise
On Saturday April 2 I spent much of the day in the Long Point area.
Attached is a few of the better sightings.
1) There was an immature Golden Eagle moving along the forest edge of the Big
Creek National Wildlife Area. It could be observed from the top of the sand
dunes at the end of Hastin
Posting for the Burrells
This afternoon about 4:30 Jim and Kenny Burrell had a juvenile Golden
Eagle flying west over Bannister Lake, south of Cambridge. The bird
flew west flushing 12 Sandhill Cranes and the local Trumpeter Swans.
Shortly afterwards an adult Bald Eagle was seen flying east.
Today at 11.45 we were treated to a juvenile Golden Eagle flying north (?) over
our farm, at about 200 feet. The bright white tail band and white wrist
patches were the giveaway. That plus the fact that it was HUGE! And just when
I thought I'd have to drive to Hawk Cliff to see one! Our farm
Yesterday I observed a Golden Eagle slowing moving southwest. My
observation point was hwy 48/12 moving south, just before hwy 48 splits to
the west. I stayed on 48 and soon the Eagle crossed my path again, still
moving southwest. This area can be reached from the south by taking hwy 12
north fr
Today Ray Geras, Terrie Smith and I had a second winter Golden Eagle at Conc.
10 Clarke at the entrance to Mosport Raceway.
We also had 50+ Pine Grosbeaks at Blair Rd and Conc. E where they have been
seen for several days now and a Hoary Redpoll in with about 75 Common Redpoll
at Blair Rd just
Hello,
An adult Golden Eagle (escorted by a local Raven) passed low about 40 feet
and caught a thermal right over our house here in Merrickville at 12: 40
p.m. this afternoon. It lingered for a minute before moving on. Brenda
managed to get outside in time to have binocular filling views. "Yard"
Greetings birders:
An adult-type Golden Eagle was briefly seen soaring out over the Algonquin Park
Visitor Centre viewing deck at 11:05am this morning.
The Algonquin Park Visitor Centre-signed-is located south from Km 43 on the
Parkway Corridor section of Highway 60. The villages of Whitney (e
This morning Rory MacKay and I observed an immature Golden Eagle on Highway
32 one km south of Highway 15. At first it was soaring high in the air,
then it went into a power dive with talons extended, eventually swooping
down into a field behind some shrubs. It apparently missed whatever it was
a
There was a high migrating adult Golden Eagle over Roblin about noon, drifting
south eastward toward the Kingston area. Later there was also a Rough-legged
Hawk and several Ravens in the same area.
Roblin is west of Kingston about 14km north of Highway 401 on Highway 43.
Alex. Scott
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Unfortunately this post is for yesterday. For some reason my email was not
letting me deliver message yesterday and this is the first chance I have had to
get it out today.
The highlight of my afternoon (yesterday) was observing a first year Golden
Eagle flying west. The bird was first seen
All
Had a first summer Golden Eagle fly over the Long
Point area this afternoon. Photographs and more
sightings of Cranes Etc at
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Searching for my first Red-winged Blackbird of the spring this morning, I was
certainly not thinking about eagles. When an anomalous-looking raptor (i.e.
not one of the many local Red-tailed Hawks I have seen) appeared in the sky
circling high over a woodlot on the east side of Keele Street at
Hello Ontbirders,
Evan Timusk and I birded the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton early
this afternoon. The highlight of the outing was an immature GOLDEN
EAGLE that was spotted soaring over the trail to Bull’s Point
traveling southwest. The other notable raptor sighting was an adult
male MERLIN,
Hi Ontbirders,
Around 2 p.m. today (13 November), there was an adult Golden Eagle hunting &
perching in the area of the firing range along March Valley Road. It was
flying for a brief time in the company of a Rough-legged Hawk. The Golden
Eagle remained in the area for about an hour befo
This afternoon I saw a 1st-year Golden Eagle hunting along Concession 11 at
17th Sideroad, north of Cold Creek, near Bolton. At one point, it dove down
into a gully and flushed up 9 Wild Turkeys. I have 4 distant photos of the
eagle below.
Also saw a dark-morph Rough-legged Hawk in the area
Hi All
As of 12 noon today the snowy owl at Whitby Harbour was still present on the
rock wall on the south west part of the harbour, near the small green and white
lighthouse looking thing(not the red and white lighthouse at the lake end of
the groin)
Also at 3:15 today a Golden Eagle migrated
A golden eagle was soaring over Lindsay Lake (2 km north of Opinicon Road,
accessible via the Lindsay Lake Trail) at 4 pm today. This may be the same bird
that has been seen along Opinicon Road periodically since Feb 23. The eagle has
been seen most frequently in the vicinity of the small cemete
This afternoon at 4pm Joanne Jones and I spotted a Golden Eagle in flight over
hwy 6 in Nanticoke. We followed it for a few miles and watched it land in a
farmers field covered with approx. 1000 Tundra Swans. The Eagle was still there
when we left a half hour later. Location was 9th Line betwee
Fellow Birders,
This afternoon, an adult Golden Eagle was sitting in the field adjacent to the
corner of the East Quarter Line Rd. and Concession A., just west of Port Rowan,
probably investigating some carrion. 5 Turkey Vultures were also in the area.
Earlier that day an adult Bald Eagle was in
On Saturday, April 9 at approx. 2:00, an immature golden eagle was
flying high, north to south along the Georgian Bay shoreline of the
Bruce Peninsula, at the Stormhaven camping area south of Cyprus Lake P.
Park.
On Sunday, April 10, at least one male Brewer's blackbird was singing
from a fen
Today at approximately 11am, two Golden Eagles about a hour apart at 3rd concession west of Hwy 59, near Port Rowan. Very high and very far looks but distinctive.Rick Thornton, Nancy Smith, Justin and Rachel Smith
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There appears to be a good migration going on along the Ottawa River today. We
are stuck in the yard doing yard work, but nonetheless managed to see a flock
of 400 Brant and a subadult Golden Eagle go over. There was an albino Brant in
the flock with the others.
Constance Bay is west of Ottawa.
Hey all,
Andrew Keaveney and Tim Sneider report a juvenile Golden Eagle at the Port
Stanley Sewage lagoons today at around 8:30AM. The bird was on the far side of
the lagoons across from the first viewing platform in a large maple tree. It
was around for almost an hour before taking flight. Als
Hey Birders,
I had some work in the Strathroy area today. While working, I had a number of
interesting sightings. Most exciting was a Golden Eagle which appeared to be
hunting, near the intersection of Sylvan and Elm Tree Road's. It was observed
heading west, not too high up.
Other interes
There was an immature golden eagle flying over the north end of Perth
Road Village at 10 o'clock this morning.
Perth Road Village is located on County Road 10 (also known as Perth
Road or Division Street), 27 km north of Kingston. Take 401 exit #617
and head north.
Mark
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This morning, at the H.R. Frimk Centre, I spotted an immature Golden
Eagle being chased by two Crows.
Garry
Directions to the H.R. Frink Centre: Take the 401 to highway 37. Go
north 9 km to Thrasher Road, then turn east for 2 km. The address is 381
Thrasher Road.
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Birders:
I was out birding in Prince Edward County near Belleville on Monday, October
30th. I had an excellent view of a juvenile golden eagle flying over Picton.
A very disturbing experience happened when I was birding along the shores of
Lake Ontario at Sandbanks Provincial Park. Along a half
On Saturday at 1:30pm I watched as an immature Golden Eagle circled over High
Park's "Hawk Hill" in intermittent heavy rain. When I first arrived there were
2 people standing at the hawkwatch station, by the time I walked up there was
nobody around, nothing else of note was seen in the 30 minut
Brandon McWalter spotted an eagle moving west low over Dundas St. in east
Whitby at 1106EST on Oct. 1.
It was "all dark, no white underneath, with a brown nape".
Undoubtedly a GOLDEN EAGLE
He phoned me to see if it came over Cranberry Marsh RW--it would be somewhat to
the north.
Doug Lockrey
At about 315 this afternoon we had outstanding looks at an immature Golden
Eagle near Shallow Lake. The bird was first observed perched in a tree near the
roadside and we were able to approach in a car to about 30 yards distance
before the bird took flight and flew low to the east. It was excit
Hi all,
I just saw a juvenile Golden Eagle flying low over the woodlots south of
GBSL as I was southbound on Mollard Line. I stopped and scoped it as it
disappeared behind the woodlot adjacent to the lagoons before emerging over #3
and continuing north, staying low so I believe it was hunti
Good evening.
This morning Ian Cannell and I birded Algonquin Provincial Park and though we
missed a Spruce Grouse that was reported wandering along Opeongo Road we did
okay anyway.
At approximately 6;30 am we spotted a Great Gray Owl on a hydro wire along Hwy
60 at KM 10.5 and we then headed
Today Ian Cannell, Alfred Adamo and I birded the Toronto Islands and it was a
beautiful day to be down there but when is this heat going to end :>)).
We came up with 80 species of birds including 17 warbler species.
Here are some of the birds we saw – Horned Grebes, Golden Eagle, Alder
Flycatch
Hello Ontbirders,
On Saturday, May 1st, Angela and I saw an immature
Golden Eagle near Chaffeys Locks (flying over the
entrance to the rail trail a few km west of Queens
Biological Station on Opinicon Road). Other birds in
the area were all as expected (lots of Red-shouldered
Hawks, both species o
A first year Golden Eagle was observed hunting over the Turkey Point marsh
between 10:40 and 11:00am this morning, 2 March 2011. The bird was spotted
by Kevin Kavanagh at 10:40am and we continued to observe it for about 20
minutes. The eagle appears to be actively hunting, sometimes flying low over
South Peel Naturalists' Club had their annual Long Point field trip today and a
great day was had by all participants.
Highlights were Juvenile Golden Eagle flying north up the causeway at Old Cut,
also Eastern Towhee singing at Old Cut and Swamp sparrow seen among the usual
chickadees, nuthatch
Birders,
I decided on a lunch drive up George Johnston Rd and then decided to walk a bit
of the Willow Creek trail. Within 2 minutes of walking I spotted a distant
buteo-like bird. I watched it climb quickly on a thermal and as it came closer
I saw it was much too broad/bulky for a buteo. Sma
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Good day all.
Yesterday Stan Bajurny and I motored west and south of the Hamilton area and
spent a long day in the field.
High Lights are:-
Horned Grebe - 2 at Townsend sewage lagoons along with 12 species of ducks
Tundra Swan - 10,000+ at and between Aylmer Wildlife Management area and the
Lee
Iain Wilkes, Ric Muise, Ryan LeBlanc and Kevin Shackleton had an adult Golden
Eagle soaring near Mt McKay.
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Hello there:
After the rains stopped and with very dark, low, looming clouds there was
still some Raptors movements at the Clairville reservoir:
One juvenile Golden Eagle mingled with about 70 Turkey Vulture flying in south
west direction.
one Snow Goose was in the north part of reservoir
With medium NW winds, rising BP and light thermals as many as 12 observers
thoroughly
enjoyed spotting raptors coming in high and low on several flyways over a
period of 5 hours,
interrupted by a brief shower.
During the first hour we had great views of a very dark morph adult
Red-tailed Haw
Today went down to the Long Point area with Margaret Bain, Paul Riss and
Richard Pope and unsuccessfully looked for the Greater White-fronted Geese
reported earlier in the week.As a consolation we did see a juvenile Golden
Eagle soaring over the treetops just south of the platform at Lee Brown.
With winds changing from one minute to the next, from NNE to NNW to SW to NW
to---, hawks were showing up along several flight lines at the Cranberry
Marsh RW over a period of 6 hours on Oct.20. I thank the 10 people with
great eyes for their sightings.
We closed down at 2pm est, with 167 migrants
Sixty-four species of birds were observed by myself and 5 others at
Cranberry yesterday:
Highlights include 1002 hawks, eagles, falcons, vultures and allies:
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 780
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) 1 (2nd year - photographed)
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
oops typo on the “re” line – should have read “over 1000 hawks” not 100 –
sounds more worthwhile.
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