Possibility: from underneath, some sub-adult eagles can look all white.

--Jerry Tangren

On Apr 6, 2011, at 7:18 AM, retief at deweydrive.com wrote:

> 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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