[birding] The real link to the questioned bird- immature bald or golden?

Steve Seibel sseibel999 at gmail.com
Thu Mar 12 23:34:18 PDT 2009


You could be right David, possibly older than first year, on a close look
there is some hint of white on the breast?  The even trailing edge shows
that it is not second year as these have a jagged trailing edge due to mix
of long 1st-year feathers and shorter older feathers.  Definitely a Bald
eagle though.

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:08 PM, David Irons <llsdirons at msn.com> wrote:

> This is an immature Bald Eagle for the following reasons:
> ....
>
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