[bcbirdclub] Re: Bird Study Merit Badge surprise
- From: "Roger Mayhorn" <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rainbrk@xxxxxxxxxx>, <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:12:45 -0500
David,
Great Find! That's a first for the area. Congratulations, and what a way for
the boys scouts to earn their birding merit badge.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
----- Original Message -----
From: David & Susan Raines
To: bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 9:36 PM
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Bird Study Merit Badge surprise
We had quite a surprise while helping some Boy Scouts earn their Bird Study
Merit Badges. After spending a couple of hours studying everything from flight
feathers to bird songs inside the conference center @ the Breaks Park the 9
boys and I were more than ready for some outdoor birding. We walked around the
general area of the center finding a few common winter birds-Robins & Titmouse
& then walked to the upper hotel rooms for a good view of the river gorge. We
really weren't seeing much. I played a Towhee call & got a quick response &
then we spotted a large dark bird flying toward us from the direction of the
towers. It's wings showed a good dihedral so I thought Turkey Vulture, but as
it came closer we could all see the white under both wings & tail making it
clearly an immature Golden Eagle. I told the boys how lucky they were because I
had been birding the Breaks Park for over 40 years & this was my 1st Golden
Eagle inside the park. We were truly blessed. DaveR/Breaks,VA
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