[birdky] Re: Long-tailed ducks, Golden Eagle- Louisville area
- From: Brian Davis <bm.davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tingsgrove@xxxxxxx" <tingsgrove@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 15:52:31 -0500
Mary,
Thanks very much- as Carl Sagan said, extraordinary claims require
extraordinary evidence. I was driving, with the camera on the backseat- no
photo, unfortunately! I immediately considered the most likely candidates:
Turkey Vulture: this bird seemed heavier, with big, square wings. We
watched it do a full circle overhead by the time we drove underneath, and
it held it wings completely flat (instead of the V-shape vultures keep).
The prominent silver trailing edge of a TUVU was absent.
Juv. Bald Eagle: we saw enough of the bird in a couple of views that we
were confident it had no obvious white on the body or underwings (if there
was some on the tail, it sure didn't stand out)- it was just plain dark.
These things combined seemed to indicate adult Golden Eagle.
Brian
_________________________________________
Brian M. Davis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology
University of Louisville School of Medicine
511 S. Floyd St., Room 111
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 852-5708
bm.davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 3:38 PM, tingsgrove@xxxxxxx <tingsgrove@xxxxxxx>wrote:
> *I am curious, more than anything...not that is not possible. I have
> had immature Bald Eagles fly over our home in Borowick Farms, one exit from
> Buckner exit and right at I-71. They look so much like a Golden Eagle,
> before their head feathers turn white, I am just thinking... that it may be
> that rather than a Golden. Did you by chance get any photographs? WOW,
> either way, pretty cool sighting! Image below is one just getting the
> white feathering on head, taken last season ;)*
>
> *Best Regards, *
> *Mary Howell Cromer*
>
> <http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MPI-cn3UOoM/UL0thg1xJDI/AAAAAAAAhcY/TJJm9fBHSCI/s1600/DSC_0361-001.JPG>
>
> In a message dated 3/1/2014 1:43:50 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> bm.davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> Lauren Niemann and I did some wandering today, starting at the
> Parklands (with an extremely feisty Golden-crowned Kinglet, showing
> off his characteristic blaze) and then heading to the Ohio River. In
> between we drove out into Oldham County, and along the way back, we
> had an adult Golden Eagle fly over I-71 just west of Buckner (huge
> bird, entirely dark underneath, wings held nice and flat).
>
> There are still good numbers of White-winged Scoters scattered at
> various places. We counted seven Long-tailed Ducks out in the open
> off Ashland Park- I think four of them were adult males.
>
> Brian Davis
> Louisville
> _________________________________________
>
> Brian M. Davis, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology
> University of Louisville School of Medicine
> 511 S. Floyd St., Room 111
> Louisville, KY 40202
> (502) 852-5708
> bm.davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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