interesting event observed during a float trip

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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John Hightower wrote:


... (It looked like the immature bird was significantly bigger than
the Bald Eagle- anybody know if Goldens are bigger than Balds?). ...

According to Sibley an adult Golden Eagle measures L 30" WS 79" WT 10 lb
and an adult Bald Eagle L 31" WS 80" WT 9.5 lb.

--
Ken Fortenberry


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?

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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John Hightower wrote:


... (It looked like the immature bird was significantly bigger than
the Bald Eagle- anybody know if Goldens are bigger than Balds?). ...

According to Sibley an adult Golden Eagle measures L 30" WS 79" WT 10 lb
and an adult Bald Eagle L 31" WS 80" WT 9.5 lb.

--
Ken Fortenberry


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?

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 08:55:29 -0600, "John Hightower"
wrote:

I took a bit of time off from the honey-do list yesterday and went for a
float on the lower Clark Fork river. There were a few rising fish, after
tricos I think, but not much action on our part. At one point we noticed two
Bald Eagles perched in a tree overlooking the river, a couple hundred yards
upstream of the pair was another eagle roosted in a tree. That boy was BIG,
we think he was an immature Golden Eagle. Anyway, the youngster took flight
across the river, one the Balds spotted it and took off after it. The Bald
dove and whacked the immature bird right in the middle of its back and
knocked him out of the air- it landed in a heap of feathers in the rocks on
the far bank (It looked like the immature bird was significantly bigger than
the Bald Eagle- anybody know if Goldens are bigger than Balds?). The Bald
flew off and perched in a nearby tree. The youngster spend a few minutes
preening and eventually flew off and landed in a tree- not all that far from
the Baldy.

Made an otherwise slow trip rather interesting!

john


Mature Baldies and Goldens are quite similar in size. And magnificent.

The SO and I were boating and fishing on the Connecticut River today, behind
Moore Dam, and as has been usual the last few years we saw a pair of baldies
and a pair of goldens. We found the golden's nest this year, pretty much where
we'd suspected it was last year.

Got a bunch of smallies - and one heck of a sun burn...

/daytripper (No more pasty white guy! ;-)

John Hightower wrote:


... (It looked like the immature bird was significantly bigger than
the Bald Eagle- anybody know if Goldens are bigger than Balds?). ...

According to Sibley an adult Golden Eagle measures L 30" WS 79" WT 10 lb
and an adult Bald Eagle L 31" WS 80" WT 9.5 lb.

--
Ken Fortenberry

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 08:55:29 -0600, "John Hightower"
wrote:

I took a bit of time off from the honey-do list yesterday and went for a
float on the lower Clark Fork river. There were a few rising fish, after
tricos I think, but not much action on our part. At one point we noticed two
Bald Eagles perched in a tree overlooking the river, a couple hundred yards
upstream of the pair was another eagle roosted in a tree. That boy was BIG,
we think he was an immature Golden Eagle. Anyway, the youngster took flight
across the river, one the Balds spotted it and took off after it. The Bald
dove and whacked the immature bird right in the middle of its back and
knocked him out of the air- it landed in a heap of feathers in the rocks on
the far bank (It looked like the immature bird was significantly bigger than
the Bald Eagle- anybody know if Goldens are bigger than Balds?). The Bald
flew off and perched in a nearby tree. The youngster spend a few minutes
preening and eventually flew off and landed in a tree- not all that far from
the Baldy.

Made an otherwise slow trip rather interesting!

john


Balds are a bit bigger than Goldens, however, immature balds are a
dead ringer for goldens, so I'm sure you saw an immature bald -- saw
plenty up in NWT and one wild one up close and personal in of all
places, Cornwall, Ontario.

Peter

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On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 08:55:29 -0600, "John Hightower"
wrote:

I took a bit of time off from the honey-do list yesterday and went for a
float on the lower Clark Fork river. There were a few rising fish, after
tricos I think, but not much action on our part. At one point we noticed two
Bald Eagles perched in a tree overlooking the river, a couple hundred yards
upstream of the pair was another eagle roosted in a tree. That boy was BIG,
we think he was an immature Golden Eagle. Anyway, the youngster took flight
across the river, one the Balds spotted it and took off after it. The Bald
dove and whacked the immature bird right in the middle of its back and
knocked him out of the air- it landed in a heap of feathers in the rocks on
the far bank (It looked like the immature bird was significantly bigger than
the Bald Eagle- anybody know if Goldens are bigger than Balds?). The Bald
flew off and perched in a nearby tree. The youngster spend a few minutes
preening and eventually flew off and landed in a tree- not all that far from
the Baldy.

Made an otherwise slow trip rather interesting!

john


Balds are a bit bigger than Goldens, however, immature balds are a
dead ringer for goldens, so I'm sure you saw an immature bald -- saw
plenty up in NWT and one wild one up close and personal in of all
places, Cornwall, Ontario.

Peter

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On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 08:55:29 -0600, "John Hightower"
wrote:

I took a bit of time off from the honey-do list yesterday and went for a
float on the lower Clark Fork river. There were a few rising fish, after
tricos I think, but not much action on our part. At one point we noticed two
Bald Eagles perched in a tree overlooking the river, a couple hundred yards
upstream of the pair was another eagle roosted in a tree. That boy was BIG,
we think he was an immature Golden Eagle. Anyway, the youngster took flight
across the river, one the Balds spotted it and took off after it. The Bald
dove and whacked the immature bird right in the middle of its back and
knocked him out of the air- it landed in a heap of feathers in the rocks on
the far bank (It looked like the immature bird was significantly bigger than
the Bald Eagle- anybody know if Goldens are bigger than Balds?). The Bald
flew off and perched in a nearby tree. The youngster spend a few minutes
preening and eventually flew off and landed in a tree- not all that far from
the Baldy.

Made an otherwise slow trip rather interesting!

john


Mature Baldies and Goldens are quite similar in size. And magnificent.

The SO and I were boating and fishing on the Connecticut River today, behind
Moore Dam, and as has been usual the last few years we saw a pair of baldies
and a pair of goldens. We found the golden's nest this year, pretty much where
we'd suspected it was last year.

Got a bunch of smallies - and one heck of a sun burn...

/daytripper (No more pasty white guy! ;-)