An immature Golden Eagle was seen at 11:46 AM today, Friday Nov. 6th, at the Cromwell Valley Park HawkWatch.  John Landers and I watched this bird carefully, suspecting it was a GE as soon as it appeared.  Only when it made a turn and circled at the radio tower did it show symmetric white wing patches and a white patch at the base of it's tail, before continuing south.  Interestingly, within minutes a group of 5 Bald Eagles appeared, with only 2 eventually heading south as the other 3 flew north towards Loch Raven reservoir.  At 1:55 PM Joe Stag and I saw a group of 6 BE appear diving and chasing each other, with 3 eventually moving south and the others towards Loch Raven again. Lotsa fun to watch!!!

Our total count so far this season is 10,751 migrant raptors, not including vultures.  WOW!

Jim Meyers
Parkville Md