At 07:29 PM 11/12/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Tweets,
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>Deb Beutler writes:
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>>In my experience, the white stripe is only seen on juvenile Golden
>>Eagles. It is a single, discrete patch of white at the base of the

Hi Mike

Just saw your comments on Goldens. Had a chance to scope a nest at Smith
ROcks State Park in Oregon. Was chatting with some folks that wondered
what I was doing. At about that time there was a single scream (which
echoes off the rocks very nicely) and one of the returning parents made a
wide and high 360 and dropped out of that manouver like a rock to the nest
to begin feeding a couple of young. My comment that I hoped that the prey
was a feral cat from the area went over like a lead balloon. They left me
to contemplate the error of my ways. The only importance of the comment is
that I don't think I have ever seen an eagle make a high surveillance turn
like that and drop on the nest so dramatically.

The park supervisor also told me of Canada Geese nesting on the top of
Smith Rocks (several hundred feet above the river) and their young's waddle
to the edge, jump off and bounce to the water. Haven't seen it for myself
but it makes a good story. I have seen Canadas on top but not at nests.
Perhaps the high rocks create an 'island' effect that would protect against
predators in the area?

Any comments on the above observations? Should Canada Geese young jumping
story be relegated to the urban (?) legend trash pile?

BTW great putdown of Deb for her failure to report! (Hope she's now
feeling better.)

Bob
taylorrt at geocities.com


>immature Baldie has and can be surprisingly hard to separate from an adult
>Golden.
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