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Index of Subjects Have you considered immature Golden Eagle, John? If you have Hawks in Flight by Pete Dunn, David Sibley and Clay Sutton (Houghton Mifflin,1988) note the light /dark contrast on the underwings. Cheers, Joan nhungjohn wrote: > To: all > > From; John Sollows > > Date: Feb. 13/10 > > No shortage of juncos here in Yarmouth. > > The bluebirds re-appeared in Chebogue Feb. 7-8. We have a bad shot, > taken by my wife Feb. 7. It was a cold, windy day, > and seven of them were huddling against the weather. My wife got a > little > closer, and the little guys (inclding one brownish gal) flew up and > dispersed. > > That led me to delay passing along the word. The discussion re. the > varied thrush is very a propos. Considering the weather, we didn't do > these > birds any favor by trying to get a good picture. > I'm glad to send our best shot of thse guys to anyone who is > interested, but the picture is too big to be posted to all. > > Saw the house owner this evening. They evidently disappeared after > Feb. 8, but reappeared briefly yesterday. > > On the way home from the Feb. 7 bluebird visit, on Wyman Road a turkey > vulture crossed the path of the car (not at all unusual), followed by > a dark raptor of apparently similar size with dark (black?) flight > feathers and apparently white wing linings. The contrast between wing > linings and flight feathers was striking. I presume it was an > immature bald eagle, but have never seen such contrast in an > illustration. Any thoughts?
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