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BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?

21 Nov 08 - 10:33 PM (#2499769)
Subject: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: Cluin

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

Hybrid, mutant, or new species?


22 Nov 08 - 12:38 AM (#2499815)
Subject: RE: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: Bee-dubya-ell

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!"


22 Nov 08 - 06:18 AM (#2499908)
Subject: RE: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: van lingle

Possibly an experiment with Grecian Formula for Eagles gone awry?


22 Nov 08 - 09:04 AM (#2499975)
Subject: RE: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: Liz the Squeak

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


22 Nov 08 - 09:44 AM (#2499984)
Subject: RE: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: GUEST,leeneia

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.


22 Nov 08 - 10:03 AM (#2499991)
Subject: RE: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: Rapparee

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


22 Nov 08 - 11:42 AM (#2500057)
Subject: RE: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: Liz the Squeak

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


22 Nov 08 - 06:41 PM (#2500353)
Subject: RE: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: Cluin

Not just a golden eagle who got a good scare?


22 Nov 08 - 06:59 PM (#2500369)
Subject: RE: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: Rapparee

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


22 Nov 08 - 08:02 PM (#2500414)
Subject: RE: BS: Do you know anything about this Eagle?
From: Charley Noble

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