Just Missed Golden Eagles
By Corey • April 5, 2007 • 4 commentsWell, maybe that title up there is stretching things a bit. But at least two Golden Eagles flew by west of Albany during the past week. Do I have some kind of super power that allows me to sense eagles at a distance? No, I just have a laptop and an internet connection (well, a laptop and a neighbor who doesn’t password-protect his wireless signal…thanks unknown neighbor!).
You see, an organization called the National Aviary, in conjunction with the Powdermill Avian Research Center, attached satellite telemetry devices to three Golden Eagles in order to track their movements. They oh-so-kindly have posted a map on their website that allows you to track the eagles’ movements (and allowed me to see that two flew through New York on their way north).
Next time, Golden Eagles, please fly a little further east so I might appreciate your presence in real-time and in person. I promise I’ll blog about you.
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Love the National Aviary, Powdermill and Golden Eagles! Great post you have here and maybe you can find them without the lap top!
That is VERY cool. I used to live in the Albany area and occasionally saw golden eagles (very rarely). I remember almost running one over in Kinderhook.
Do you know where these two eagles are believed to nest?
@Greg. They nest way up north. I’m sure that eventually they will stick around in one spot and then we will know exactly where.
I had heard about a group of migrating golden eagles in the NE US that was believed to be nesting in an unknown area of Quebec