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Re: [CT Birds] Housatonic River Bald Eagles

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Boletebill
Wed, Feb 8, 2012 3:37 AM

"For those who hunger after the earthly excrescences called mushrooms."

--- On Tue, 2/7/12, Boletebill boletebill@yahoo.com wrote:

From: Boletebill boletebill@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Housatonic River Bald Eagles
To: "Arthur Shippee" ashippee@snet.net
Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 10:36 PM

It's curious how I spelled curious...curius.
 
Sorry Bev if my question was misunderstood. Ignoring the good natured wiseguy responses from some others for a moment... the plummage of male and female Bald Eagles is identical
...but the males can be noticably smaller and I wondered if that's what you'd observed...i.e. smaller Eagles?
 
Bill Yule
 
"For those who hunger after the earthly excrescences called mushrooms."

--- On Tue, 2/7/12, Arthur Shippee ashippee@snet.net wrote:

From: Arthur Shippee ashippee@snet.net
Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Housatonic River Bald Eagles
To: "Boletebill" boletebill@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 10:16 PM

Their baseball caps were on, bill backwards?

On Feb 7, 2012, at 7:25 PM, Boletebill wrote:

About the three Bald Eagles...
...I'm curius how you knew they were males?
 
Bill Yule

"For those who hunger after the earthly excrescences called mushrooms."

--- On Tue, 2/7/12, Beverly Perkins 1fsh2fsh@optonline.net wrote:

From: Beverly Perkins 1fsh2fsh@optonline.net
Subject: [CT Birds] Housatonic River Bald Eagles
To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org
Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 7:11 PM

Three male bald Eagles along the Housatonic River in Cornwall fighting over a Wood Duck carcass


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"For those who hunger after the earthly excrescences called mushrooms." --- On Tue, 2/7/12, Boletebill <boletebill@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Boletebill <boletebill@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Housatonic River Bald Eagles To: "Arthur Shippee" <ashippee@snet.net> Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 10:36 PM It's curious how I spelled curious...curius.   Sorry Bev if my question was misunderstood. Ignoring the good natured wiseguy responses from some others for a moment... the plummage of male and female Bald Eagles is identical ...but the males can be noticably smaller and I wondered if that's what you'd observed...i.e. smaller Eagles?   Bill Yule   "For those who hunger after the earthly excrescences called mushrooms." --- On Tue, 2/7/12, Arthur Shippee <ashippee@snet.net> wrote: From: Arthur Shippee <ashippee@snet.net> Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Housatonic River Bald Eagles To: "Boletebill" <boletebill@yahoo.com> Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 10:16 PM Their baseball caps were on, bill backwards? On Feb 7, 2012, at 7:25 PM, Boletebill wrote: > > About the three Bald Eagles... > ...I'm curius how you knew they were males? >  > Bill Yule > > "For those who hunger after the earthly excrescences called mushrooms." > > --- On Tue, 2/7/12, Beverly Perkins <1fsh2fsh@optonline.net> wrote: > > > From: Beverly Perkins <1fsh2fsh@optonline.net> > Subject: [CT Birds] Housatonic River Bald Eagles > To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 7:11 PM > > > Three male bald Eagles along the Housatonic River in Cornwall fighting over a Wood Duck carcass > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org