Hi all I watched for raptors yesterday from our south facing deck on Hunt Hill Rd., SE of Ithaca, from 8:30 til 11:30 and again 3 pm til 4 and saw nothing! Interesting that the eagles are not dispersed across the sky but indeed seem to follow flight paths. We've had eagles fly over but often they are more to the west. We are southeast of Cayuga Lake and that seems to make a big difference even on days when they are seen from Mt Pleasant, which is close by, they are not seen from our house. Oh well. Laura
Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu<mailto:m...@cornell.edu> On Mar 8, 2014, at 8:38 AM, "Dave Nutter" <nutter.d...@mac.com<mailto:nutter.d...@mac.com>> wrote: Perhaps we all should have known that yesterday, with south winds in early March, would be a big day for migrating Golden Eagles, but I wish the word had gotten out at the time. --Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: From: ebird-al...@cornell.edu<mailto:ebird-al...@cornell.edu> Date: March 07, 2014 10:15:16 PM To: nutter.d...@mac.com<mailto:nutter.d...@mac.com> - Golden Eagle (6 reports) Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) (11) - Reported Mar 07, 2014 08:00 by Andrew Dreelin - Cornell University--Libe Slope, Tompkins, New York - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=42.44786,-76.48595&ll=42.44786,-76.48595 - Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17350681 - Comments: "*High Count; first at ~8:30, last at ~3:10; almost all following similar flight line heading up basin and then cutting east (over Willard Straight from our view). Most appeared to be adults or near-adults, but at least one with moderate white patches in wings and base of tail" Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) (11) - Reported Mar 07, 2014 08:00 by Luke Seitz - Cornell University--Libe Slope, Tompkins, New York - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=42.44786,-76.48595&ll=42.44786,-76.48595 - Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17346929 - Comments: "*High Count; first at ~8:30, last at ~3:10; almost all following similar flight line heading up basin and then cutting east (over Willard Straight from our view). Most appeared to be adults or near-adults, but at least one with moderate white patches in wings and base of tail" Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) (3) - Reported Mar 07, 2014 08:00 by Luke Seitz - Cornell University--Libe Slope, Tompkins, New York - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=42.44786,-76.48595&ll=42.44786,-76.48595 - Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17346735 - Comments: "First at 8:31 (adult), second at 8:45 (adult) appeared north of where the previous bird had headed east, and third at 9:47--this one seemed to have some white on the upperwing." Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) (3) - Reported Mar 07, 2014 08:00 by Ben Barkley - Cornell University--Libe Slope, Tompkins, New York - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=42.44786,-76.48595&ll=42.44786,-76.48595 - Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17343851 - Comments: "First at 8:31 (adult), second at 8:45 (adult) appeared north of where the previous bird had headed east, and third at 9:47--this one seemed to have some white on the upperwing." Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) (1) - Reported Mar 07, 2014 06:30 by David Weber - Cornell University--Palmer Woods, Tompkins, New York - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=42.4587593,-76.4791048&ll=42.4587593,-76.4791048 - Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17343626 - Comments: "Flew right over the disc golf course heading toward Bluegrass Lane. Campus bird." Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) (1) - Reported Mar 07, 2014 12:37 by Tim Lenz - Sunset Park, Tompkins, New York - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=42.45875,-76.49325&ll=42.45875,-76.49325 - Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17344577 - Comments: "Adult to SW at 12:47" -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- 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/ --
