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(Message started by: hoooon on Feb 2nd, 2006, 1:56pm)
Title: Eagle ID
Post by hoooon on Feb 2nd, 2006, 1:56pm
Is it a junvenile white-bellied sea eagle?
Thx
Nam Sang Wai, 2/2/2006
20D, 400mm F/5.6 @ F/5.6, ISO 200, 1/1250s, +2/3 exposure
http://i.pbase.com/o4/04/365604/1/55599994.IMG_27991A.jpg
Title: Re: Eagle ID
Post by miket on Feb 2nd, 2006, 2:21pm
This is certainly a Wb Sea Eagle, but not "juvenile" i.e. first plumage after being a chick in the nest. Without consulting references it is certainly "immature" i.e. not adult, but what age exactly I don't know. Eagles like this take around five years to get full adult plumage.

Mike Turnbull
Title: Re: Eagle ID
Post by Captain on Feb 2nd, 2006, 3:22pm
Yes, so the bird in the picture should be some 3 to 4 yrs old.

Captain
Title: Re: Eagle ID
Post by hoooon on Feb 2nd, 2006, 3:55pm
I learned more.
Thx


on 02/02/06 at 14:21:00, miket wrote:
This is certainly a Wb Sea Eagle, but not "juvenile" i.e. first plumage after being a chick in the nest. Without consulting references it is certainly "immature" i.e. not adult, but what age exactly I don't know. Eagles like this take around five years to get full adult plumage.

Mike Turnbull


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