After our morning walk yesterday, I mentioned to the wife that the day looked great for migrating eagles. I predicted that Franklin Mtn. would have 15 goldens. So after a long coffee break, I set up in the field across the road from our house. Shortly thereafter, about 1130, a BALD EAGLE soared over. It had an all-white tail with the head still brown. Then a group of 4 RED-TAILED HAWKS floated by. I took half an hour off for lunch, returning to the field at 1300 and immediately a juvenile GOLDEN EAGLE flapped and sailed by, quite low. I had to quit at 1400 to attend a birthday party. So I was very surprised this morning to see that Franklin Mtn. recorded no birds at all yesterday. So much for my Oneonta predictions.
Steve Fast Brooktondale -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
