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Aquila chrysaetos
Large, mostly brown bird with white band on the tail. Lifer for me, and had a pair show up! The last photo shows the eagle with a northern harrier that was harassing it, and you can really see how massive the eagle is!
Flying over a lake in a short grass prairie at Muleshoe NWR.
Spotted on Nov 20, 2014
Submitted on Nov 21, 2014
14 Comments
I agree Josh!
An incredible bird! Great flight shots btw Ashley! Native American people used the tail feathers of the juvenile Golden Eagle in their war bonnets.
awesome!
Just a fun fact of the day, Jifou, not sotd :) And thanks all!
Beatiful
Congrats for your SOTD!
Congrats again on your Golden Ashley! :)
Congrats! This spotting has been featured as a PN Fact of the Day!
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Project Noah Fact of the Day: Found Eurasia, in northern Africa, and in North America, the golden eagle has the greatest distribution of all the eagles. These large birds can carry up to 8 pounds during flight. They can fly up to 80 mph, though the average speed is 28-32 mph, and may reach speeds up to 200 mph in a dive.
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) spotted in Texas, USA by PN user AshleyT:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/104...
Thanks Maria, Jae, Luis, Antonio, and Joshua! Was exciting for me :)
Awesome spotting Ashley. I always love seeing this creature.
Awesome series Ashley,another milestone on your list :-) congrats and thanks for sharing
Great series Ashley!
Nice serie, Ashely, and congrats on the lifer.
Very nice series - congratulations on your first spotting of this species.