Syracuse.com - April is time when young golden eagles, hatched last summer, return

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They are moving from wintering grounds mainly in the Appalachians, but also from other remote rural areas.

Tom Carrolan, of Liverpool, shared these photos and the following:

"April is when most of the young goldens, hatched last summer, return. They are moving from wintering grounds mainly in the Appalachians, but also from other remote rural areas (might even be in upstate NY). They are headed back to their homelands mostly in roadless areas of Ontario and Quebec, mountainous areas in the Maritimes, plus Labrador and Newfoundland."

The first photo is a juvenile golden, taken at Derby Hill, along the shore of Lake Ontario, he said.

The second photo, wrote Carrolan, is a young golden being chased by a crow (for size diff). Many, but not all juvenile golden eagles have bright white areas at the base of their flight feathers. This one doesn't.

Tom Carrolan  

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