[mou] Golden Eagle, Turkey Vulture
Dave Bartkey
screechowl@charter.net
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:04:25 -0600
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Hi everyone,
After checking out the lakes this morning, I ended up at River Bend =
Nature Center. After a walk through the snowy woods which produced =
nothing more unusual than a couple of hundred robins, I started scanning =
the skies for possible migrating raptors. Before too long, Tom Boevers =
joined me on this impulsive raptor watch. Things started out slowly in =
the late morning, with a handful of birds flying to keep our interest. =
After a short break for lunch, we ended up right back at River Bend's =
parking lot where things picked up nicely. Topping the day was a nice, =
low golden eagle. As it was flying towards us, I stated that we may have =
another turkey vulture, which we had seen a short while earlier. What =
threw me was the dihedral shape in which the wings were held. After long =
looks, (and me thinking that's a bald eagle, but it's all WRONG!) we =
perused Tom's Peterson field guide, and confirmed our suspicions. To =
further solidify my doubting mind, I ran into the gift shop there and =
checked their Sibley guide! (I had all my guides at home...) It ended up =
a personal first county record for me.
Other notables today included -
1 turkey vulture (maybe 2 if they were diff. birds)
2 or 3 red-shouldered hawks (#3 was very pale, so we're still not =
sure...)
2 rough-legged hawks
several Cooper's hawks
1 sharp-shinned hawk
18 double-crested cormorants (they're baaackkk!)
song sparrow
common grackles everywhere
a few ring-billed gulls
and lots of waterfowl including pied-billed grebe, trumpeter swans and =
wood ducks.
I even ended up sunburning my face! Weird with all the snow around!
Good birding!
Dave Bartkey
Faribault,MN
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi everyone,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> After checking out the lakes =
this morning, I=20
ended up at River Bend Nature Center. After a walk through the snowy =
woods which=20
produced nothing more unusual than a couple of hundred robins, I started =
scanning the skies for possible migrating raptors. Before too long, =
Tom=20
Boevers joined me on this impulsive raptor watch. Things started out =
slowly in=20
the late morning, with a handful of birds flying to keep our interest. =
After a=20
short break for lunch, we ended up right back at River Bend's parking =
lot where=20
things picked up nicely. Topping the day was a nice, low <STRONG>golden=20
eagle.</STRONG> As it was flying towards us, I stated that we may have =
another=20
<STRONG>turkey vulture</STRONG>,<STRONG> </STRONG>which we had seen a =
short=20
while earlier. What threw me was the dihedral shape in which the wings =
were=20
held. After long looks, (and me thinking that's a bald eagle, but it's=20
all WRONG!) we perused Tom's Peterson field guide, and confirmed =
our=20
suspicions. To further solidify my doubting mind, I ran into the gift =
shop there=20
and checked their Sibley guide! (I had all my guides at home...) It =
ended up a=20
personal first county record for me.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Other notables today included =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1 turkey vulture (maybe 2 if they were =
diff.=20
birds)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2 or 3 red-shouldered hawks (#3 was =
very pale, so=20
we're still not sure...)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2 rough-legged hawks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>several Cooper's hawks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1 sharp-shinned hawk</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>18 double-crested cormorants (they're=20
baaackkk!)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>song sparrow</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>common grackles everywhere</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>a few ring-billed gulls</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and lots of waterfowl including =
pied-billed grebe,=20
trumpeter swans and wood ducks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I even ended up sunburning my face! =
Weird with all=20
the snow around!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Good birding!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dave Bartkey</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Faribault,MN</FONT></DIV>
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