I felt lazy today; it's also cold, so I went to the center of the large field across from my house to see what might go over. It's also south of Mt. Pleasant, so anything over there has got to come my way, just higher. I had put in enough time so that my thoughts were dwelling on a big, hot bowl of soup, when I noted a dark speck to the north. I watched this for some time, until it came close enough to become a RAVEN. Normally I don't bother looking to the south, why would I, but since I had spent a lot of viewing time on the raven, I glanced back and up and there, just passing directly overhead was another dark form. I needed only binocs to see this was an adult GOLDEN EAGLE. I did get it in the scope, but that's a hard angle. So I just watched it circling slowly until it vanished in the direction of Pennsylvania. I hung out for another half hour, seeing 1 RED-TAILED HAWK, and a few more CANADA GOOSE flocks, then headed for the soup.
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