Micheal Price writes:

>Ha! Tell that to the male of the NW Marine Drive/Point Grey pair of BAEA!
>That little ratso has fooled me *so* often that if I see an eagle with a
>dihedral, I now assume automatically it's him, not a transient GOEA.

Now *that's* good information to have. I've never seen a baldy fly with a
dihedral, but I'll no longer assume that it can't happen. Probably
shouldn't have assumed in the first place, but if you've never seen it...

>>the difference in cadence of powered flight;
>
>Could you elaborate on your impressions of the difference?

Ah sh*t, I should have known you'd ask that, now that I live where goldens
don't, and haven't seen one in over a year. So no, I can't elaborate,
because it was never a difference that I verbalized, just something I felt
to be true. But not to cop out completely; I'm hoping to spend some time in
GOEA country this winter. I will try to get a better grip on it and report
back. OK?

>GOEA migrating through the Georgia Depression (Vancouver Island, Gulf
>Islands, San Juan Islands, SW mainland British Columbia) have to transit
>what we think of as 'inappropriate' habitat for them but 'appropriate' for
>BAEA.

Yes, migration does put birds in unusual habitats.

>>I hope I can find one of these fat, dark baldies to test myself sometime.
>
>Rob, I'd wonder if mid-winter wouldn't be the best time to look: that's when
>the BAEA's have bulked up on spawned-out salmon.

Yeah, well all the baldies I've seen around here are adults, so no
challenge there. I'll keep looking , though...

Rob Saecker
Olympia