The following is a sighting I received word of via email, today. Good birding!
Sincerely, Chris T-H Begin forwarded message: From: Balabhadra Das <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Golden Eagle Sighting w/ Gyrfalcon Date: February 16, 2015 at 7:06:49 PM EST To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> My name is Blake Geryk and I do not belong to the NY list serve but thought that the follow observations would be appreciated by the people who follow the sightings on your page. Feel free to post it as a second hand sighting if you like. If you have any questions on this sighting please just reply to this email. Best Regards, Blake ------------------------------------- follows: I am from out of state but thought local birders would appreciate the following information. There was an immature Golden Eagle soaring above the same field as the Gyrfalcon in Wallkill today around 1:30pm. This bird was high and I followed it, for about 10 mins, with a 28x scope - after initially IDing it with my binoculars. If you are Northbound, this location was on Hoagerburgh Road just before Old Fort Road (before the crest in the road). There is a fairly close tree in the hoarse field on your right where the Falcon apparently was yesterday and most of the day today. It also spend significant time perched on the fencing that runs behind the hoarse building in the field there - easy to miss if you are not carefully looking with glass. The Golden Eagle was spotted soaring over the tree of the Falcon and gradually worked its way over head and headed North/West. Field observations that were confirmed by two other birders are: 1. Soaring smoothly with a noticeable dihedral wing pattern.2. Defined white patches by the primaries on the underside.3. White at the base of the bird's tail on the underside. As the bird turned, in a 28x scope, I could see light golden brown on its nape and scapulars. Around the same time, much lower and flying in a different direction than the Golden Eagle was an Adult Bald Eagle. Happy Birding -- Chris Tessaglia-Hymes Listowner, NYSbirds-L Ithaca, New York [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> NYSbirds-L – Archives<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> NYSbirds-L – Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> NYSbirds-L – Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> NYSbirds-L – Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> -- 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/ --
