My daughter called me last week to say she had two Golden Eagles sitting in a tree behind her house in north Centralia. Her boyfriend said he knew what they looked like from his experience of seeing them in Oregon. I told them both they probably had no idea what they were talking about and they were most likely young Bald Eagles.

Perhaps I owe them both an apology?!

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Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 20:33:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Evan Houston<evanghouston at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Nisqually NWR today (5/12/12) - Golden Eagle
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Hi Tweeters,
I led a biodiversity field trip for some UW Biology students this morning, and our top highlight was an unexpected Golden Eagle flyover (pic link below). Another highlight was a birder pointing out a Wilson's Phalarope to us.
There were lots of other birds about, but nothing too surprising. These biodiversity trips involve leading students who typically may not have even heard of a Robin, so it's a particularly great bonus to find unexpected birds when entertaining such a group. And to top it off, one of the students was the one who took the documenting photos.

Eagle pic:
http://tinyurl.com/864ebfc

Good birding,
Evan Houston
Seattle, WA