Forwarding a Golden Eagle sighting in Dryden, see below, in case anyone in the area wants to look up.
Suan ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Kevin Jones Date: Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 6:16 PM Subject: Golden Eagle Dryden Hello Kevin and Susan: We have not met but I am reaching out to the both of you because of a possible Golden Eagle sighting in Dryden today at about 5 p.m. The bird was soaring/kiting North of Ferguson Road and East of Irish Settlement Road. I would state with 90% plus certainty that my identification was correct. I was drawn to the bird because of it’s Eagle like appearance and pulled over to view with my binoculars. I couldn’t ID it as a mature or immature Bald Eagle, but there was a distinctive brownish/golden color on the back of it’s head and some white in it’s tail, hence, my Golden Eagle ID. I was formerly an avid birder (pre-kids) and have previously observed Golden Eagles in NY and NJ on four occasions and have had innumerable immature and mature Bald Eagle sightings over the years. Hence my confidence in my identification. I hope this is of interest to you and other more skilled bird watchers, if interested, can find the bird again and confirm my identification. Please let me know if they do. Please contact me if you have any questions. Kevin A. Jones -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
