A pleasant noon-hour by the observatory. Bright sun and no wind. I was there from 11:45 til 1:15, and it was basically a slow time. One migrating Northern Harrier and several local TV’s, Red-tails, and Rough-leggeds. Thousands of distant Canada and Snow Geese, mainly to the west. A couple of Horned Larks and Killdeer calling and a fly-over Pipit.
I was trying to decide how much longer to stay when a distant speck materialized into the bird-of-the-day: GOLDEN EAGLE. I was able to observe it for almost ten minutes as it worked its way north and passed almost straight overhead. Never once in the entire time did it flap its wings! Just one, long soar/glide. Bob McGuire -- 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/ --
