Possible Golden Eagle at Black Dog: My son called me last night at 5pm that he had just found a large dark eagle on a power pole along Black Dog road. He concluded that it was a Golden Eagle. I explained that most of the all dark eagles found here are usually immature Bald Eagles. I asked him if the bird had any white. He said, "No." When I was done with my lecture, he said, "You would think that after all of these years of being around you, that I would have picked up something." I haven't had a chance to sneak away from work and check the eagles hanging around the river there. While he is not been infected with the bird-watcher infection, he has been a reliable observer in the past.
Today I saw a flock of about 50 to 100 finches flying by the pines along Pilot Knob by Acacia Cemetery. I did not have time to stop and listen to their flight calls. I have observed a large flock of House Finches down by Cedar Bridge a week or two ago. I wouldn't have reported these finches, except for the observation of Red Crossbills reported by Bruce Baer recently in Richfield. I have been watching a small flock of Wigeons on Quiggley Lake for the last few days. At least a couple of the local Wood Ducks have been landing on my feeder and feasting on sunflower seeds. The most interesting wildlife observation of the last couple of weeks, was the discovery of at least four squashed Opossums found on Highway 5 between Eden Prairie and Waconia. The last passerine migrants I have stumbled upon were about ten days ago in Patrick Egan Park in Eagan, where I found Fox Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows, a Palm Warbler, and a Yellow-rumpped Warbler. Short stops around town in between work have yielded quiet with only the expected non-migratory regulars. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected]
