Hello birders, Today I witnessed a MERLIN and a juv. GOLDEN EAGLE flying by the science center here at Ohio Wesleyan within 10 minutes of each other!!! Merlin- at 3:05pm, as I put my book bag down in room 319 in the science center, I noticed a medium-sized, fast-flying bird outside the window. I got the scope on it, and it was all dark, heavily streaked on the chest, with a dark head and pale throat. Then I noted the thin, pointed wings, black and white patterned underwing. Second campus record! Golden Eagle- This bird was soaring straight north the whole time. At first it appeared all dark, but once it flapped, I could see white flashes at the base of the primaries, which appeared to extend somewhat to the bases of the secondaries. It had noticeably long wings and a massive bill, which alerted me to its identity as an eagle. The bird mostly soared, and I noted that it held the wings in a very slight, but noticeable positive dihedral. There was some white flecking on the body of the bird, but not much. A couple times I noted white in the base of the tail. Luckily, Jed Burtt happened to be in the room because I alerted him to the presence of the Merlin. He was able to get on the bird with the scope and noted similar field marks. The sighting occurred over a period of about two minutes. Golden Eagle is #203 for my OWU campus list. Good birding, Sean --- Sean Williams, '11 Undergraduate of Ornithology of Dr. Jed Burtt Ohio Wesleyan University HWCC 724 Delaware, OH 43015 617-470-4094 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]