I was intrigued by your photo also. I didn't think it was an
American Bald Eagle but wasn't sure what else it could be. I Googled
eagles a bit and wonder if it might not be a White-bellied Sea Eagle
(seen here):
http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/977/90005121.JPG
They are native to Oz and have a white head, neck and underside.
In your photo I cannot make out any detail below the white area, but
wonder if the wing might be covering what is below.
At any rate they are both magnificent creatures.
Charlie
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Chris Barker
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 1:37 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: nesting pair
Oh! After all these years I discover that I wasn't watching a Bald
Eagle :-)
I seem to remember that its cage was labelled as such, although I
might have got the wrong cage ...
Chris
On 22 Apr 2008, at 10:24, Moose wrote:
> Chris Barker wrote:
>> Whatever they're called, there was rather a nice one at this Raptor
>> Centre in Germany a few years ago.
>>
>> <http://www.threeshoes.net/birds-prey/birds-prey-page.htm>
>>
> Lovely image, but certainly not a Bald Eagle. Head, eye and beak are
> all
> wrong size and/or shape. Coloring is wrong too, as the white shouldn't
> go below the neck. Hard to tell from the shot, but I'd guess it's
> smaller, as well
>
> The Bald Eagle is strictly a No. American species. Its cousin, the
> White-Tailed Eagle or Ern(e) fills the same ecological niche in Europe
> and Asia, but is quite different colored.
>
> Moose
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