[wisb] Eagle call

From: "Bill Bright" <brightw@xxxxxxx>
To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:35:31 -0600
Early this afternoon as I stepped out of my workplace and was walking across 
the parking lot, I heard raptor-like calls and saw what very much appeared 
to be an eagle on top of a utility pole with a large hawk close by but 
flying away. The birds were at least 300-400 yards away.

The calls quickly became very loud and strident, almost gull-like, and very 
clear and resonant, as the hawk sailed away. I reached into the car for my 
binoculars but both birds had disappeared. Most surprising to me was how 
loud and clear the calls were. I have heard red-tailed  hawks call from this 
or nearby poles and I don't recall the volume being even close.

I have heard bald eagles and they seem to me somewhat strained, somewhat 
hoarse and not particularly loud. I have not heard a golden eagle. The 
sounds definitely did not sound like a red-tailed hawk.

Could these loud, relatively clear and gull-like cries be diagnostic for a 
golden eagle? I checked the Macauley lab sounds for bald and golden eagles 
and the sounds heard seemed to be closer to the golden eagle but the volume 
of the cries at the distance I was from the bird was not reflected in the 
sounds of the Macauley tapes.

Bill Bright
Iola, Waupaca County


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