I have seen Golden Eagles three times in Western Washington, all in the eastern part of King County (Preston, North Bend). I'm trying to find my logs on these but I think most of them were in later September / early October. It would not surprise me if they are summer resident in the higher Cascades.

Rob Conway
SW Portland
45.46?N 122.68?W (Elev. 473ft)
robin_birder at hotmail.com



> From: nwnature1 at gmail.com
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 20:17:25 -0700
> Subject: [Tweeters] Golden eagle in western WA?
>
> Outside the San Juan Islands, are there sightings of Golden Eagles in
> Western WA? Saw what seemed like a oversized eagle today, and it did not
> have the usual white tail and head, underside was dark with just a few
> flecks of white.
>
> Rob Sandelin
>
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