As we drove west on Reese's Corner Road around 12:30 this afternoon we immediately saw a candidate for the Rough-legged Hawk, but it proved to be the first of at least 5 BALD EAGLES, this and two other immatures and two adults. After about twenty minutes, the ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK appeared and drifted around by the grain elevators, often hovering with its bulky feathered legs dangling. We had good scope views and Joe took some photos, which may be posted later.
As the hawk went in and out of view, we kept scoping raptors and eventually saw a juvenile GOLDEN EAGLE. Its tail with white above a thick black terminal band was similar to the Rough-legged's, but the upper- and undersides of the wings were dark with white "wrist" patches.
We made a pass at the sparrow location, but there were many cars waiting. (Apologies to those we disturbed by driving through.) Since we had already seen the bird we decided to try for ROSS'S GOOSE at Great Oak Pond, and after scanning thousands of Snow Geese we eventually found one.
Leslie Starr & Joe Turner
Baltimore
On Dec 22, 2010, at 8:48 AM, mike burchett <> wrote:
> RLHa still present on top of grain elevators 845am on Reeses Corner Rd.
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> Mike Burchett
> Bel Air, MD |