FW: GOLDEN EAGLE - MANCHESTER (Washtenaw County, c. 2pm still)

[Mike Sefton]

--- "Ste-Marie, Vincent J"
<vincent.j.ste-marie at pfizer.com> wrote:

> Subject: [birders] FW: GOLDEN EAGLE - MANCHESTER
> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 14:39:37 -0500
> From: "Ste-Marie, Vincent J"
> <vincent.j.ste-marie at pfizer.com>
> To: birders at umich.edu
> CC: <mseft at yahoo.com>
> 
> Birders,
> 
> At 1:15 this afternoon, there was an immature GOLDEN
> EAGLE hunting in a
> field located 0.8 miles east of the intersection of
> Sharon Valley and
> Sharon Hollow roads, Sharon Township, Washtenaw
> County.
> 
> This eagle was first observed perched in a large,
> extremely scraggly
> (oak?) tree in the northwest corner of a harvested
> (soybean field if
> memory serves).  The field is on the north side of
> Sharon Valley Road,
> immediately east of where the River Raisin crosses
> under Sharon Valley
> Road.
> 
> The eagle then flew, showing the characteristic
> white blotches on the
> dorsal wing surface and very nice, broad white band
> at the tail base.
> 
> I returned to the field at approx. 1:25 and
> relocated the eagle perched
> on the trees along the east side of the field.  It
> then flew and
> remained circling over the woods/field boundary for
> approximately 20
> minutes until being harassed by three crows.  It was
> still working that
> area when I departed at approx 1:45
> 
> Vince
> Manchester
> 
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