By appearance the eagle seems more likely than a vulture (the neck was short), but would crows tolerate it? I'll suggest it to her; I don't actually know where she lives, so I don't know if bald eagles are likely to be in the area.
Sandra ________________________________________ From: Joshua Snodgrass <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:11 PM To: Sandra J. Kisner Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird Any chance it was a juvenile Bald Eagle? Young birds are very dark, but have white markings. It would be huge compared to crows. On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 10:19 AM Sandra J. Kisner <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I'm afraid I don't have much information to base my question on, but I promised I'd try. A friend showed me a short video on her phone of a group of crows that she puts food out for near the end of her long (rural) driveway, with a large dark bird apparently feeding with them. The shot is from far away; not knowing that I would have guessed it was a bunch of grackles being joined by a crow, but she assures me they are her usual crows. The guest is rather stocky, with a short (broad?) tail. The crows weren't in the least disturbed by the visitor, so it's not likely it was a hawk. At one point she pointed out what looked like a white wing bar (very hard to see at that distance). She also occasionally sees turkeys, but this didn't look like a turkey to me. Any ideas? Sandra -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
