Golden Eagles are rare anywhere in the county, occuring with any
regularity only in the mountainous eastern 1/3. They are very rare
anywhere near Seattle.

Gene Hunn.

On Tue, 24 Oct 1995, Helmboldt, Bruce wrote:

>
> Hi Tweets,
>
> I got a great view of a beautiful adult Golden Eagle yesterday
> (October 24th), flying west on 520 toward Lake Washington with an
> escort of three crows in attendance. Are they very common in the
> Seattle area? Having come here from Salt Lake City, where Goldens are
> common and Bald Eagles fairly rare until midwinter, I expected to see
> _all_ Bald Eagles in this area (I thought the Golden Eagle was more of
> a dry-land raptor). Anyway, it was a great (and impressive) sight.
>
>
> 0> Bruce Helmboldt 206-889-7357
> _/_)_ bhelmboldt at seaao.dcmdw.dla.mil
> / Duvall, WA
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