Comments on: Let The (Golden) Eagle Soar https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/12/20/let-the-golden-eagle-soar/ Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:38:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/12/20/let-the-golden-eagle-soar/#comment-496994 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:38:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=15050#comment-496994 Joe, I agree:

http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/23/imma-let-you-hear-all/

(for more on the topic of birding books: http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/12/11/the-ultimate-holiday-gift-guide-to-birding-books/ )

]]> By: Joe B. https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/12/20/let-the-golden-eagle-soar/#comment-496993 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:33:03 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=15050#comment-496993 We see Golden’s here in Colorado, what with them being a “mountain” eagle nowadays. Your story about the heron reminded me of the time I saw a Bald Eagle take an American Widgeon in flight (in Washington state). As best as I can tell the eagle faked to the left and then intercepted the widgeon when it zigged instead of zagged. Spectacular!

Indeed, flight characteristics are very useful for ID.. you might want to get a copy of Hawks in Flight: The Flight Identification of North American Migrant Raptors for your daughter, though maybe you could use it more since her gestalt approach seems to work pretty well.

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