If you look at the date on the message she was left it is April the 4th, not the
1st.

I'm guessing that the Osprey mis-identification may be the correct thing, I'd
email back the guy with a pointer to an Osprey image for verification.

Quoting Rolan Nelson <rnbuffle at yahoo.com>:

> It could be that the message Rachel retrieved was left on April 1st.?
>
> Rolan Nelson
> Fircrest, WA
> rnbuffle at yahoo.com
>
> --- On Tue, 4/5/11, Rachel <RachelWL at msn.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Rachel <RachelWL at msn.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] White Eagle in Edmonds?
> To: "'Tweeters'" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 10:57 PM
>
>
> I answer the e-mail at Seattle Audubon once a week, and today I found
> the following message.? I said I would post it on Tweeters and ask if
> anyone else has seen this bird or has any comments.
>
> Rachel Lawson
> Seattle
> <rachelwl at msn.com>
>
>
>
> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 8:18 AM
> To: info
> Subject: White Eagle
>
> I just wanted to report that I saw an all white eagle on Sunday morning.
> I have never seen anything like it before.? It was being harassed by
> crows in a tree in my neighbors yard.? It flew over my neighbors yard at
> a height of approximately 30 feet.? I could clearly see its head and
> beak.? I would estimate that its wingspan was approximately five feet.
>
> I live in the Meadowdale area of Edmonds approximately 1 mile due east
> of Meadowdale Park.
>
> jeff
>
>
>
>
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