Golden Eagle - Brian Collins
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Location

West River below 211th
Polk, Wisconsin, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
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Map Coordinates: 45.508223, -92.714889
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

Shorter, black beak, bright yellow cere; Golden feathers along all of nape of neck. Grayish-white tail feathers tipped broadly in black with subtle "hawk-like" banding. Wing coverts irregular with many golden feathers within darker brown. Booted to the feet, luxurious golden-colored undertail coverts; Observed on ice briefly. I set up a trail camera and left. The bird returned to feed on a road-killed deer that was on the river ice.

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