interesting event observed during a float trip

John Hightower wrote:

I do remember being very impressed with how big the
bird was- especially in direct comparison with the attacking bird.

Could it have been a Turkey Vulture?

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John Hightower wrote:

I do remember being very impressed with how big the
bird was- especially in direct comparison with the attacking bird.

Could it have been a Turkey Vulture?

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On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:32:32 -0500, "Wolfgang" wrote:



Don't need to...already got a hat trick...and that's enough for me.

Your daddy was right, I think......he should have kept his pants zipped.

SNICKER...and your momma is SO fat...

Oh, don't feel bad, I'm not laughing WITH you, I'm laughing AT you...

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:46:14 -0600, "John Hightower"
wrote:


could very well be. One thing I did pick up on was that the immature bird
had a black beak- the Bald Eagle website I googled up mentions that Bald
Eagle eaglets have a black beak- the website doesn't say about juvenile
Golden Eagles. I did not notice if the juvenille had leg feathers. Maybe the
juvenile was female-which tend to be larger than the males, and the attacker
was dad- don't know. I do remember being very impressed with how big the
bird was- especially in direct comparison with the attacking bird.


I'd just been thinking it might have been a kid of the other two
eagles and they were sending it off on its own. The balding doesn't
come in until they're something like 2 years old, I believe. If it
was baby, they'd fed it well. One can see why it'd want to keep
loafing around the house like any teenager who's getting a free lunch.

If it wasn't family, they might have wanted it out of their territory
before some eaglets became more fodder for its big body.

Cyli
http://www.visi.com/~cyli

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:46:14 -0600, "John Hightower"
wrote:


could very well be. One thing I did pick up on was that the immature bird
had a black beak- the Bald Eagle website I googled up mentions that Bald
Eagle eaglets have a black beak- the website doesn't say about juvenile
Golden Eagles. I did not notice if the juvenille had leg feathers. Maybe the
juvenile was female-which tend to be larger than the males, and the attacker
was dad- don't know. I do remember being very impressed with how big the
bird was- especially in direct comparison with the attacking bird.


I'd just been thinking it might have been a kid of the other two
eagles and they were sending it off on its own. The balding doesn't
come in until they're something like 2 years old, I believe. If it
was baby, they'd fed it well. One can see why it'd want to keep
loafing around the house like any teenager who's getting a free lunch.

If it wasn't family, they might have wanted it out of their territory
before some eaglets became more fodder for its big body.

Cyli
http://www.visi.com/~cyli

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 01:59:10 GMT, daytripper
wrote:

(snipped)

Yes! We had essentially the same thing happen yesterday - we had gone
exploring off the main impound and when we came flying back out at full
throttle the goldie that had been setting on the point took off down stream
and paced us for a looong way before he'd gained enough altitude to swing back
over the trees lining the bank.

It might have been watching to see if you scared up or chopped up any
fish along the way. I'd noticed that they tended to fly ahead of me
when I'd paddle upstream and follow power boats going either way.
When I mentioned it on rec.backcountry one of the NW wildlife people
said they've found it common there, too. I've seen one take a near
dead perch just after I paddled past it. So close that people in
canoes near by were raving about how cool it was.

But that's only eagles that are accustomed to boats. The ones
migrating from way up north (past Duluth) who get down to the 'Croix
have a screaming fit at everything that happens and stay as away and
as up as they can from the powerboats and canoes. Local eagles only
seem to scream much if you find and paddle the backwaters near their
nests.

Cyli
http://www.visi.com/~cyli

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:22:59 -0500, "Wolfgang" wrote:


wrote in message
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It doesn't translate very well - do you speak or understand, even
conversationally, Monegasque? You don't have to be _fluent_. If
not, how about Euskara?


Yeah, that's what I thought. Maybe some day you'll find something
you're good at. Don't hold your breath though.

Wolfgang

Hmmm, lessee...what smart-assed reply can I come up with here...I know:
"Meanwhile.......this usenet thingy is a funny medium. I'm pretty
certain that I asked you a couple of questions, and they seem to have
disappeared. So......."

Do you speak or understand, even conversationally, Monegasque?
You don't have to be _fluent_. If not, how about Euskara?

"rw" wrote in message
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Skwala wrote:

I was always under the impression that Goldens were a lot bigger than
Balds... mainly due to; Petersen's Field Guide to Birds.

Your data doesn't seem to indicate they're all that much bigger...

Can one trust this Sibley fellow?

According to the Audubon Master Guide to Birding, Bald Eagles actually
run a bit larger than Golden Eagles: 76-109cm for the Bald vs. 76-101.5
for the Golden.

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So much for perceptions... I've been up close (4 - 10 feet) to both species,
but I can't recall ever seeing them close together...

Sounds like they are very close in size...