Juvenile Bald Eagles
May 3, 2017 21:04:20 #
May 3, 2017 22:05:21 #
Diptera wrote:
Cruising above the river
Great series of images well captured
May 3, 2017 22:18:19 #
May 3, 2017 23:32:09 #
Diptera
Loc: SW Idaho
Not a problem. Settings will vary for different cameras, light conditions and lens.
Camera: D500
Exposure program: Manual mode
Aperture: f/6.3
Shutter speed: 1/3200
ISO: 3200
Lens: Sigma 5o to 500 @ 5oo mm
Post processing: LR CC and NIK
Happy shooting
Camera: D500
Exposure program: Manual mode
Aperture: f/6.3
Shutter speed: 1/3200
ISO: 3200
Lens: Sigma 5o to 500 @ 5oo mm
Post processing: LR CC and NIK
Happy shooting
May 4, 2017 07:40:12 #
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May 5, 2017 23:05:34 #
May 11, 2017 23:54:54 #
birdpix wrote:
Great shots of these two year old birds!
For my edification, how did you determine these were 2 years old? Not trying to be a smarta**, just want to learn. How would you distinguish them from a 1 year old?
Thanks for all the help you have given BIF over the years.
Bill
May 13, 2017 13:44:40 #
Caysnowman wrote:
For my edification, how did you determine these were 2 years old? Not trying to be a smarta**, just want to learn. How would you distinguish them from a 1 year old?
Thanks for all the help you have given BIF over the years.
Bill
Thanks for all the help you have given BIF over the years.
Bill
Actually, I should have called them second year birds. In their first year, Eagles are all brown with an all black bill. In their second year, they gain a lot of white on their chest, head and tail and the base of the bill starts getting yellow. By their third year, their entire bill is yellow and more of the head and tail is white. Some eagles have a dark stripe through their eye that resembles an osprey. It will take 4 to 5 years for the eagle to attain the completely white head and tail and all brown body that we know as the mature Bald Eagle.
May 13, 2017 14:23:41 #
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