On Jan 6, 2021, at 5:33 PM, Dave & Brenda Pace <dbpace@q.com> wrote:

Tom,

 

Some very knowledgeable raptor ID people shared with me many years ago that if there is any white in the birds wing pits it is an immature Bald Eagle.  Immature goldens can have white out on their wings but never in their wing pits.  In your second photo with the smaller raptor coming in inline and behind the eagle you can see the white wing pits very well.  

 

On a side note the other bird looks more like a Red-Tail to me than a harrier with the dark leading edges on his wings and the belly band.

 

Seems like the white wing pits cue isn’t well known so I thought I would share what I had learned.

 

Dave Pace

Idaho Falls, ID

 

From: Tom & Susan Soniville

Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2021 10:04 AM

To: IBLE@groups.io

Subject: Re: [IBLE] Great gray owl is still at Montour

 

Thanks to some kind guidance from an IBLEer, we were able to see the Great Gray yesterday. It was a great treat. If you are out that way, don’t miss all the other raptors in the area. We saw a Kestrel, a Sharp-Shinned hawk, multiple Red Tails, at least one Harrier, and what I believe is an immature Golden Eagle. A Harrier and the eagle were involved in some aerial jousting. I would appreciate any feedback on whether this is a Golden or a Bald. We also saw an adult Bald between Sweet and Ola. 

 

Combine that with great weather and some kind people and was a wonderful day.

 

Tom Soniville

West Bench Boise

 

From: IBLE@groups.io <IBLE@groups.io> On Behalf Of Ken Miracle via groups.io
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2021 8:01 AM
To: IBLE@groups.io
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Great gray owl is still at Montour

 

🙂 a number of us were there Saturday afternoon and did not find it … how dare those birds have wings and move around and hide from us.

 

 

On Jan 4, 2021, at 7:41 AM, John Shortis via groups.io <john_shortis@…> wrote:

 

…and was still there yesterday (Sunday) PM.

 

John Shortis

 

On Friday, January 1, 2021, 06:48:29 PM MST, Louisa Evers <elouisa603@…> wrote: 

 

 

At least one great gray remains in the vicinity of the Montour Road-Main Street intersection<LE4_2309.jpg>

— 

Louisa Evers

elouisa603@…

<LE4_2309.jpg>

 

Ken Miracle
chukar28@…
208-570-2780
“Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5

 

— 
Tom Soniville
Boise. North End 

On Jan 6, 2021, at 10:04 AM, Tom & Susan Soniville <tomnsueid@…> wrote:

Thanks to some kind guidance from an IBLEer, we were able to see the Great Gray yesterday. It was a great treat. If you are out that way, don’t miss all the other raptors in the area. We saw a Kestrel, a Sharp-Shinned hawk, multiple Red Tails, at least one Harrier, and what I believe is an immature Golden Eagle. A Harrier and the eagle were involved in some aerial jousting. I would appreciate any feedback on whether this is a Golden or a Bald. We also saw an adult Bald between Sweet and Ola. 

 

Combine that with great weather and some kind people and was a wonderful day.

 

Tom Soniville

West Bench Boise

 

From: IBLE@groups.io <IBLE@groups.io> On Behalf Of Ken Miracle via groups.io
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2021 8:01 AM
To: IBLE@groups.io
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Great gray owl is still at Montour

 

🙂 a number of us were there Saturday afternoon and did not find it … how dare those birds have wings and move around and hide from us.

 

 

On Jan 4, 2021, at 7:41 AM, John Shortis via groups.io <john_shortis@…> wrote:

 

…and was still there yesterday (Sunday) PM.

 

John Shortis

 

On Friday, January 1, 2021, 06:48:29 PM MST, Louisa Evers <elouisa603@…> wrote:

 

 

At least one great gray remains in the vicinity of the Montour Road-Main Street intersection<LE4_2309.jpg>

— 

Louisa Evers

elouisa603@…

<LE4_2309.jpg>

 

Ken Miracle
chukar28@…
208-570-2780
“Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5

 

— 
Tom Soniville
Boise. North End<DSC_1256.jpg><DSC_1237.jpg>