Eagle and swans near Big Pine

Observers: Tom Heindel
Email: tjheindelataoldotcom
Remote Name: 207.200.116.201
Date: 12/06/2005
Time: 04:24 PM -0500

Sighting

On 6 Dec an adult Bald Eagle was at Klondike Lake and 6 adult and 5 immature Tundra Swans were at Tinemaha Reservoir. Both are quite late for our First of Fall birds as they usually arrive in early November. A Merlin at Steward Lane, south of Big Pine, was the pale "Richardson's" race.