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DL's avatar

Thank you for the lesson about patagial marks. That should help increase my identification skills of these hawks.

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Mary M's avatar

Hi David - Got a kick out of your column this morning, and I must tell you about my most unusual bald eagle sighting. It was at the 520 Montlake exit several years back. Construction on the exit ramp hadn’t started yet, and I thiiiiiink there was still a narrow median between the two direction of cars. If no real median, maybe just a concrete barrier.

So, there I was, driving out to UVillage from downtown, and I was on the exit ramp heading east, maybe 8 cars back from the traffic light, waiting for the light to change. Suddenly from the opposite direction, an eagle, chased by crows, swooped down nearly to ground level between the two directions of cars. Everything happened so quickly - the light changed, the birds swooped up to the west, and I had to be on my way. Yikes! What a way to start the day - for all of us:-)

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