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David, Thanks a million for you prompt response, and what a bonus are those lovely photos you took of the adult golden just 10 days ago! For those who are much less knowledgeable about eagles, one field mark to particularly note on any eagle with dark head, is whether or not the wing linings show a lot of white. If they do not, there is a definite possibility of your eagle being a golden, either immature or adult. I'm very glad I put my question on NatureNS, even though of course I was very skeptical of any report of more than one or two golden eagles. I believe I have about three sightings in my 30+ years in Nova Scotia, and one of those was only probable, not definite. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville ---------- From: David Christie <maryspt@nbnet.nb.ca> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:25:51 -0400 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] golden eagles at Fredericton?? At 4:12 PM -0400 on 1/31/07, Jim Wolford wrote: >On the first day of the Sheffield Mills Eagle Watch, Jan. 27/07: > >In the Community Hall a woman asked me if I knew about recent sightings of >GOLDEN EAGLES at or near FREDERICTON? She said as many as NINE had been >seen perched in one tree at the same time!?? And she was quite sure that >they were GOLDENS when quizzed a bit -- she seemed very sure of herself. There are lots of birders in the Fredericton area who would love to have Golden Eagles around. In New Brunswick, Golden Eagles are normally seen singly, extremely rarely as two together. Nine in one tree seems more likely to refer to immature/subadult Bald Eagles. I know of only two reports of Golden Eagle in New Brunswick this winter: one Dec. 1 near Beechwood (upper St. John valley) and one Jan. 21 at Harvey (upper Bay of Fundy). Photos of the latter are viewable at http://homepage.mac.com/maryspt/observ/GOEA2007.html . -- David Christie Mary's Point, Harvey, Albert Co., New Brunswick, Canada http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/maryspt
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