Just returned from Mosquito Creek Wildlife Area in Trumbull county, where
Jacob Saborse, Kevin Seydlorsky, and myself found a juvenile GOLDEN EAGLE.

The bird was sitting on the ice viewable from the the boat access gravel
road off of Hoagland Blackstub (opposite Mahan Denman).  There are many
people ice fishing here.  I noticed the Golden amongst several (6-8) Balds
after it alighted to survey a flock of several hundred Canada geese in the
same area.  Its white wing patches, white tail base, and even golden nape
were clearly observed and stuck out strongly from the juvenile Balds.  After
watching it for a couple minutes, I ran to the car to grab my camera, but by
the time I had returned it was being driven from the area by several of the
Bald eagles.

We tried to follow the bird and indeed found it soaring over the treeline on
the other side of Hoagland - behind the parking area opposite the view of
the lake.  It perched and we viewed it at some distance for another extended
period.  I managed to obtain a brief, "Ivory-billed woodpecker-style" video
of the eagle flying behind the trees.  It's not much, but if you zoom in and
watch frame by frame, the clean white wing pattern is visible.  I would
recommend downloading the movie directly to do this.

Here's the link:
http://s93.photobucket.com/albums/l71/j0hnguy/birds/?action=view&current=MVI_0542.mp4

Wish I had better documentation but my hands were numb and the bird was
far...hope it sticks around.

~John



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