(Posted by Peter Mattson <[email protected]> via moumn.org) Seen from the Roberts Creek bridge on 550th Ave. in NW Mower county. As it happened a mature bald eagle was flying nearby and just a little higher than the golden so I had them both in the binoculars at the same time. The golden had the wide white band at the base of the tail, white areas in the wings, and I could see the gold on the head and leading edges of the wings when it turned into the sun. Those eagles were pretty low, maybe two or three times treetop high. Also since I could see both eagles I could see that the golden's head and bill were smaller and the overall sizes of the two birds were similar.
There were a lot of raptors out there today. It was a lucky time to take a walk. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
