Yes, juveniles are brown without the white heads and tails of the
adults. These guys showed some white speckling underneath the brown and
there is some white visible on the underside of the wings. They're
quite large now. I didn't see an adult for direct comparison but I
doubt the parents are much bigger.
See: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_Eagle>
I don't know if anyone noticed but their nest is the huge construction
directly underneath them. From the wiki article: "The Bald Eagle builds
the largest nest of any North American bird, up to 4 meters (13 ft)
deep, 2.5 meters (8.2 ft) wide, and one metric ton (1.1 tons) in weight"
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/6/2012 4:01 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> Thanks, Chuck, I like those. I never saw bald eagles in the wild. I
> assume that juveniles have different head colouring from adults.
>
> Chris
>
> On 6 Mar 2012, at 19:51, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> The first image shows the full frame of one of the shots at 300mm.
>> The remaining images are crops at 4x5 ratio of approx. 20% of the
>> frame. The image quality can't withstand enlargement beyond that.
>> Fairly soft due, I suppose, to lens/multiplier quality, wind (10-15
>> mph breeze) and vibration... no mirror lock and no sandbags. The
>> birds were so far away that my viewing angle on the tripod was
>> fairly shallow and I never did need the 90 degree Minolta finder I
>> mentioned recently.
>>
>> I never did see the parents. The Little Manatee River is off to
>> the left about 200 yards so I assume mom& dad were off fishing
>> there to feed the youngsters.
>>
>> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Bald%20eagle%20juveniles/index.htm>
>
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