From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Mar 17 16:49:53 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2I0laAo026971 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 16:47:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from ideowa.ideo.com ([208.218.1.57]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2I0k9pJ026921 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 16:46:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from underdog.ideo.com ([10.1.1.17]) by ideowa.ideo.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 17 Mar 2004 16:46:04 -0800 Received: from 10.1.2.70 ([10.1.2.70]) by underdog.ideo.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 17 Mar 2004 16:46:04 -0800 Date: 17 Mar 04 16:46:01 -0800 From: Jim Yurchenco <[[email protected]]> To: "south-bay-birds" <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: QuickMail Pro 1.5.3 (Mac) X-Priority: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-Ascii" Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Mar 2004 00:46:04.0740 (UTC) FILETIME=[64AA9840:01C40C82] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id i2I0k9pJ026921 Subject: [SBB] Golden Eagle Display Flight X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5b1 Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] This report is a bit out of the area as the bird was seen near Cone Peak in Big Sur, but I thought I would share it with the group anyway. Early Saturday morning, 3/13, Amy and I were sitting on the top of Cone Peak (5,151'). Some distance below us, we observed an adult Golden Eagle. He was carrying a light-colored mammal (probably a ground squirrel) in his talons. The eagle repeatedly (we saw it happen 10 to 12 times) dropped his prey, swooped around and caught the falling object in mid-air. He only missed once, but caught it on a second pass before the prey hit the ground. It was truly remarkable to see this huge bird making fast, tight, turns and dives. We assumed he was displaying for an unseen (by us) mate somewhere in the vicinity. I have read about this behavior in falcons, but previously never seen it in the field. GOEA's are a heck of a lot more menuveravble than I previously believed. regards James Yurchenco _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]