BaldEeagle

by ShelleyT
(Toronto, Ontario)

Unless there is an Ontario hawk that has a "bald" head and quite resembles the Eagle, I think I saw an Bald Eagle flying over the Goderich golf course today February 19th 2011, as I crested the hill into Goderich. I could not stop on the hill but almost drove off the road craning my neck!

I had spotted, I thought, a hawk midair just near the railing high over the Maitland golf course.

I saw more hawks last year than I ever remember. And some falcons I believe, too, near Stratford.

Then I saw a white or creamy head. I couldn't look closer.

Until I googled just now I had no idea there were eagles in Ontario and that in fact they were here long ago when settlers moved in. And I grew up in the area. Now I am in Toronto but am "home" regularly.

Is there a hawk that looks like an eagle? I couldn't gauge by size as it was middair.