mole
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Hard to tell from the picture. I was simply stating that a bald eagle does not get its adult white head and tail until they are 4-5 years of age. Here is some info:
The plumage of the immature bald eagle is brown, speckled with white until the fifth (rarely fourth, very rarely third) year, when it reaches sexual maturity.[2][3] Immature Bald Eagles are distinguishable from the Golden Eagle in that the former has a more protruding head with a larger bill, straighter edged wings which are held flat (not slightly raised) and with a stiffer wing beat, and feathers which do not completely cover the legs.[5] Also, the immature Bald Eagle has more light feathers in the upper arm area, especially around the very top of the arm.
Everything I have ever read said that Golden Eagles are solitary and typically are found in remote areas. But who knows it very well could be a Golden, I think its to hard to tell from the picture.
Maybe we could get the DNR to analyze the picture, they would probably tell us it actually is a sparrow. /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
mole
The plumage of the immature bald eagle is brown, speckled with white until the fifth (rarely fourth, very rarely third) year, when it reaches sexual maturity.[2][3] Immature Bald Eagles are distinguishable from the Golden Eagle in that the former has a more protruding head with a larger bill, straighter edged wings which are held flat (not slightly raised) and with a stiffer wing beat, and feathers which do not completely cover the legs.[5] Also, the immature Bald Eagle has more light feathers in the upper arm area, especially around the very top of the arm.
Everything I have ever read said that Golden Eagles are solitary and typically are found in remote areas. But who knows it very well could be a Golden, I think its to hard to tell from the picture.
Maybe we could get the DNR to analyze the picture, they would probably tell us it actually is a sparrow. /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
mole