Hi all -- I just submitted a report of a Golden Eagle this morning, seen overhead from my home in Southwest Harbor, MDI. I failed to capture a photo of the bird (camera is poor and didn't cooperate). Here is my write up.
-- Would welcome your feedback.
Craig K
Heard Crows giving alarm call and looked out from porch with binoculars. Watched for ~2 minutes as it soared and gained elevation. Huge buteo-shaped bird. Most immediate and striking feature was brilliant white patches in wings, seen both from below and above, in mid-wing panel near wrist. White patches were contained, not blotchy. Noted longer tail than BAEA, with white bases of all rectrices in tail. Not brilliant white like wing patches, but still evident. Was not able to discern relative size of bill (too far away, and not great angles). Slightest of dihedral profile in soaring silhouette. White wing patches perfectly match the Sibley's Guide to Birds, 2000 edition, p. 126. White in tail was less brilliant than in that illustration of a juvie.
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