BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?

Subject: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: Cluin
Date: 21 Nov 08 - 10:33 PM

http://forum.hancockhouse.com/article.php/20051116221230800.

Hybrid, mutant, or new species?

Subject: RE: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 22 Nov 08 - 12:38 AM

It's a cheagle. That's a cross between a bald eagle and a chicken.

Its daddy is the same rooster that was in that old joke whose punchline is, "Shhh!" said the rooster, pointing skyward, "Buzzards!"

Subject: RE: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: van lingle
Date: 22 Nov 08 - 06:18 AM

Possibly an experiment with Grecian Formula for Eagles gone awry?

Subject: RE: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 22 Nov 08 - 09:04 AM

Probably neither Cluin - it's immature is all...

I got fooled by an immature buzzard a couple of years ago.. plumage was not what I was expecting, but a look at other exemplars soon confirmed it.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 22 Nov 08 - 09:44 AM

Birds of prey tend to vary more than other kinds. Within the same species they can be lighter or darker.

I suspect this eagle is a young bird that's growing its white feathers in an unusual way. (It takes a few years for a bald eagle to develop it's white head and wing tips.)

I've also seen funny-looking birds in August, when birds are molting their spring garb and new feathers (for winter) are coming in.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: Rapparee
Date: 22 Nov 08 - 10:03 AM

That's what happens when you...well, humans get hair on their palms.

Subject: RE: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 22 Nov 08 - 11:42 AM

I thought full moon was last week, or was that just in the UK?

I like the idea of a were-eagle, though I suspect it would be a bugger on the upholstery.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: Cluin
Date: 22 Nov 08 - 06:41 PM

Not just a golden eagle who got a good scare?

Subject: RE: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: Rapparee
Date: 22 Nov 08 - 06:59 PM

You should SEE what just ONE werewolf can do the shrubbery!

Subject: RE: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: Charley Noble
Date: 22 Nov 08 - 08:02 PM

The Hancock Forum in British Columbia is an interesting site for those interested in Eagles and other raptors.

This is an old story from 2005.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble