Did someone else report such a bird a month or two ago? I seem to recall this. Looking up "white crow", I found a bander from Cornell who said that 1% of the crows he banded each year had white on them somewhere---different parts. Sent from my iPad > On Dec 19, 2014, at 4:10 PM, cynthia crawford <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I can imagine a Bald Eagle looking very dark in this kind of dull winter light, especially at a distance, and flying away from you where you would not see the white head so readily. I assume you perceived it as being very large... > > Cynthia Crawford > > Creature Kinships and Natural Affinities > Animal and Nature Paintings, Portraits and Prints > www.creaturekinships.com > MORE PHOTOS and ARTWORK: http://pbase.com/creaturekinships > EVEN MORE PHOTOS: https://www.flickr.com/photos/33836164@N03/ > > BLOG: http://creature-kinships.blogspot.com/ > >> On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Michael O'Leary <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> I have no idea what I kind of bird I saw this morning on Trues Brook Road in West Lebanon this morning. It looked like a large Raven all jet black except the white tail of an Eagle. It was flying away from me as I drove down the road and I got three pretty good looks at its back side and the very distant white tail. It seems that it must have been an Eagle but I really can’t imagine how it could have looked so jet black in any light. If anyone has any ideas please let me know. >> >> Michael O’Leary >> >> **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html **************************************************************** > **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html **************************************************************** **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************