Golden Eagle Lenawee Co 3-4

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Listers,
 
Robert Epstein and I witnessed a juvenile Golden Eagle take a high speed  
swipe at a Wild Turkey in northern Lenawee County this afternoon. On M-50 about  
midway between US-12 and the town of Tecumseh we were traveling eastbound when 
I  noticed about 10 Turkeys in the field ahead and on the North side of the 
road.  We slowed a little as we began to draw abreast of the flock when 
suddenly the  Golden Eagle flashed into the scene. It went for one of the Turkeys 
which leapt  into the air and flapped it wings a couple of times as it evaded the 
Eagle. The  Eagle flared its tail and was braking with its wings as it 
attempted contact.  After missing, it gained a little altitude and before it had a 
chance to circle  back (if that was the intent) a Red-tailed Hawk came quickly 
into the fray and  chased the young Eagle across the field. This lasted for 
half a minute and  then the Golden Eagle turned the tables and chased the 
Red-tail until it flew  into the woods in back of the field. At some point we did 
actually pull off on  the shoulder and both watched the action through our bins. 
Not sure where this  bird came from but a look at the map will show that this 
location is not far  from Thorn Lake in Jackson Co or the western Washtenaw 
Co locations where the  Golden Eagle sightings were late in '06.
 
Other fun birds for the day included the continuing Washtenaw Co  
White-winged Scoter (on Big Portage Lake visible from the Dexter Pinckney Hwy)  and 
sniping the Spotted Towhee in Holland, Ohio - just outside Toledo.
 
Good Birding,
 
Scott Jennex
Ferndale
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