While finishing my morning coffee in the comfort of my warm kitchen facing Cayuga Lake, I was treated to a majestic landing of a mature BALD EAGLE on a large branch of the big Cottonwood tree on my beach! After sitting a few minutes, it dropped down to the beach and apparently caught a rodent or some other dark-colored prey and swooped up again to land in the dead White Oak tree nearby.
It ate the critter, then cleaned its beak on the tree limb and later soared around over the lake a few times and came back to the Cottonwood, where it is still perched, looking out at the lake! I hope it comes back for the Great Backyard Bird Count. Donna Scott Donna L. Scott 535 Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY 14882 d...@cornell.edu -- 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/ --
