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Index of Subjects Hi John - The white windows under the wings are the best field mark for imm. Goldens. Sibley's shows this also on p.126. A Swainson's has narrower wings (reminds me of harrier in that way) and light from body on to darker ends. ( Somewhat reversed from all other raptors.) Keep posting, as it alerts us all to keep our eyes open. Cheers, Joan . nhungjohn wrote: > Golden Eagle? I did, but my Peterson didn't show the contrasting > linings and flight feathers. More all black, or a little white in > young birds. > > Swainson's hawk is another possibility, but it looked too big, too > dark, and too large-billed. Too bad I couldn't stop the car! > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Czapalay" > <joancz@ns.sympatico.ca> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 9:55 AM > Subject: [NatureNS] Re: Dark Raptor , was Juncos and those blue guys > > >> 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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