[Bristol-Birds] GOLDEN EAGLE on Roan Mountain, TN/NC

  • From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'Bristol Bird Club'" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 22:17:38 -0400

Holly Taylor and Mark Taylor had a 

Golden Eagle on Roan Mountain about

mid-morning Friday, 11 July 2014, in what

they reported as Cherokee National Forest 

land of Round Bald to Gassy Ridge in Carter

Co., TN.  They described the bird as "Very 

obvious, large bodied bird of prey.  Definitely 

an eagle shape in flight. It's wing span was 

about three times that of the Broad-winged Hawk 

that took a dive at it, and larger than a nearby 

Turkey Vulture.  Chocolate brown underneath with 

a lighter brown, golden nape around head. Obtained

a great view of the bird through binoculars as it

flew directly over Round Bald from the Tennessee 

to North Carolina side and kept flying on."

 

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