The difference of a year in age can make a striking change in the color patterns of a bald eagle.
The bird up top is a 3 year old and the lower bird is a 4 year old.
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Authoralert chicks
Kate has just flown back from chasing off the intruder.
Both chicks are alert and trying to spot the danger.
One watching mom and one looking out over the cove.
suspension?
That’s Kate making a quick fly-over of the nest to make sure the chicks are ok. She has just chased an immature eagle away.
To see the latest video on the 2 chicks please go to my YouTube site at http://youtu.be/znso_0LLhd4
upside down
Eagles, being eagles, especially a young exuberant two year old bald eagle,
often defy gravity: yes, the juvie is upside down.
He was flying along, started a series of dives and rolls, and I caught his joy in his maneuvers.
too round?
perhaps this fish was just too round for the juvenile bald eagle to hold onto…
hermit thrush
My friend had taught me the call of the hermit thrush because you way more often hear a hermit thrush than see one.
And so, I was watching black vultures when I heard, looked and then saw this lovely bird.
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