April 2010 nesting eagle on Dixon lakes north end.

A happy ending.
I heard a loud thump and it was that familiar sound of a bird hitting the window.  Later I notice a beautiful bird crouched in my ferns.  I put on my gloves and went to see if it was alive.  He let me get close and even pick him up.  He was a beautiful fellow with grey to brown body with white spots similar to a loon, he had yellow on his tail feathers and a beautiful red triangle on the nape of his neck.  He had sort of a black beard and a very long pointed beak.  I see these birds all the time flying away on roads especially in fall, but never close up and didn't realize how beautiful they really are.  He survived the night in a cooler on our deck table ( safe from the dogs).  In the morning when I went to check on him, he looked up at me with a thankful glance.  When I came a little closer he flew off and there was that familiar white rump.  Do you know who I'm describing?