[EBB Sightings] gorgeous gull and Sibley eagles

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I finally went to see the Franklin's Gull yesterday, and I was not
disappointed. What a gorgeous bird. It appeared to be in excellent
health, and was perched close-by, in perfect light, on one of the long,
white buoys near the geodesic aviary. The bill appeared to be all red,
the feet jet black and the legs a dark red-black. Best of all was the
wash of pink across its chest; no wonder it used to be called the Rosy
Gull! Since it is primarily insectivorous in its native Midwestern
range, I wonder what causes the pink coloration? To add to its mystery,
apparently the pink color fades to a "dead-white" after death. This
little tidbit was gleaned from "A Natural History of American Birds, of
Eastern and Central North America", by Edward Howe Forbush and John
Bichard May, illustrated by Louis Agassiz  Fuertes, Alan Brooks, and a
fledgling Roger Tory Peterson; it was the Sibley of its day, but with
the addition of wonderful stories (like Audubon being chased up to his
neck into a lake by a wing-shot sandhill crane!). 
 
Later that afternoon, and up in the hills, I serendipitously observed
(from the vantage point of Huckleberry Preserve), a golden eagle
suspended in the air near the com towers at Sibley, where it gracefully
landed. This is a common perch. So, there's still at least one bird
present, nesting or not.
 
Debbie Viess
 

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Roman">I finally went to see the =
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health, and
was perched close-by, in perfect light, on one of the long, white buoys =
near
the geodesic aviary. The bill appeared to be all red, the feet jet black =
and
the legs a dark red-black. Best of all was the wash of pink across its =
chest;
no wonder it used to be called the Rosy Gull! Since it is primarily
insectivorous in its native Midwestern range, I wonder what causes the =
pink coloration? To add to its mystery, apparently the =
pink color
fades to a “dead-white” after death. This little tidbit was =
gleaned
from “A Natural History of American Birds, of Eastern and Central =
North
America”, by Edward Howe Forbush and =
John Bichard May, illustrated by Louis Agassiz  Fuertes,
Alan Brooks, and a fledgling Roger Tory Peterson; it was the Sibley of =
its day,
but with the addition of wonderful stories (like Audubon being chased up =
to his
neck into a lake by a wing-shot sandhill =
crane!). 


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Roman">Later that afternoon, and up in =
the hills,
I serendipitously observed (from the vantage point of Huckleberry =
Preserve), a
golden eagle suspended in the air near the com towers at Sibley, where =
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gracefully landed. This is a common perch. So, there’s still at =
least one
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