I got to do some late afternoon, drive-by birding south of Yreka yesterday. In addition to all the blackbirds (seen in previous blog), I had an eagle of a time.
Is this an all-American kind of Hollywood western setting? Bald Eagle in front of Mt. Shasta, too bad about the utility pole but that’s also part of our All-American electricity grid.
Golden Eagle.
This eagles were on utility poles about 150 yards apart along Old w99 near Timmons Road, south of Grenada, north of Louie Road. Eagles only a pole apart. Suspect the Bald was hoping for roadkill, the Golden had its eye on the grassland for a jackrabbit.
I’ve seen Ferruginous in that area in previous winters as well.
OLD HWY 99, SOUTH OF GRENADA, Siskiyou, US-CA
Feb 11, 2014 3:40 PM. 9 species
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) 1
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 3
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 1
Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) 1
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 150
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 25
Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor) 120 have photo on my blog
Brewer’s Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) 300
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