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Old 09-25-2007, 04:46 AM   #26
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Cool Not MY sighting, but...

A birder whose observations are usually on-target sighted a Golden Eagle overhead yesterday after 4PM.

It was headed towards West Alton. (For a literal "heads up").

UPDATE: (Three days later).

The Golden Eagle soared back today—once again at 4PM. Boy, were our local Loons unhappy about that overflight!

And now I know where all my crayfish have gone. A pair of semi-shy diving ducks picked off six crayfish in two minutes! (Most likely a merganser of some kind—but not in my bird book).

Field notes are:

[1]a yellow lower bill,
[2]white undersides,
[3]tail feathers held flat on the water's surface,
[4]dull brown-gray upper parts including the upper bill,
[5]black eyes
[6]small size, maybe smaller than a Hooded Merganser,
[7]not as fast a flyer as a Hooded Merganser, and
[8]a short fringe of neck feathers. (Like the female Common Merganser, but colored gray, and "crewcut").

I have no idea what they were....
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Last edited by ApS; 09-27-2007 at 05:35 AM. Reason: More sightings...
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