[bcbirdclub] Re: Golden Eagle having lunch. Perched Merlin. Russell County
- From: "Roger Mayhorn" <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opiehunter@xxxxxxxxx>, "buchanan co bc" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 23:59:55 -0500
Great eagle photos Tom. I hope they are still there on Saturday.
Roger Mayhorn
----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Hunter
To: Bristol Birds ; buchanan co bc ; John Whinery ; Ed Helen Morgan
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 8:37 PM
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Golden Eagle having lunch. Perched Merlin. Russell
County
After the temperature climbed out of the low 30s today I decided to scout
the areas for the field trip on the 11th. It was a great day. I saw 2
Loggerhead Shrikes, 10 Red-tailed Hawks, 3 American Kestrels, 6 Golden Eagles
and a Merlin among the 50 species recorded.
One of the Golden Eagles was perched in a tree beside Mountain Road and it
apparently was having lunch. I did not take my scope so I could not see what it
was eating. It was having a horrible problem keeping whatever it had on the
narrow limb. It was hopping along the limb dragging its lunch trying to get it
back on the limb. I saw another Golden Eagle perched on Clifton Farm Road in
the same area Laverne and I saw an eagle yesterday. I was also lucky enough to
find a Merlin on Clifton Farm Road was able to approach close enough to take
some long range photos. I have attached photos of the 3 birds.
Tom Hunter
Russell County Bird Club
Lebanon, VA
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