Today has been excellent for birding already! I started out by going out side and seeing what I could see. I saw my regulars, plus 2 Red-tailed Hawks, 2 Killdeer, and 2 American Goldfinch. The one hawk was spotted first soaring. He soared for a good while, and then was pestered by a crow. The crow chased the red-tailed hawk around the sky for a decent minute or more. The crow then left, and then the hawk was soon joined by the 2nd Red-tailed Hawk. The 2 soared peacefully together. As the Red-tails soared, 2 Killdeer flew by. Then I and my papa went out on a short drive to look for birds. We spotted 3 Turkey Vultures, and one large bird. We thought "Raven", "no, dark morph Red-tailed Hawk!", "no, Bald Eagle!". It turned out it really was a Bald Eagle! We observed for about 10 minutes and then the eagle flew away. It really was a great encounter. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me at the time, so I've included a few photos of Bald Eagles from Caledon Natural Area, about 100 miles from here, and we took the photos just over a month ago.
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