It looks like a turkey vulture to me Paul, we've had several circling for the last several days.
-----Original Message----- >From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: PESO: Bald Eagle? > >The color is right, although the feathers st the end of the wings are >different. But looking at the bird guide pic I posted I see some red on the >head as well. Perhaps that pic is incorrectly identified? Most of the eagle >pics don't have that much white. You could be right. I've never seen a turkey >vulture here, but would think there are some. > >Paul via phone > >> On Apr 8, 2017, at 7:09 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Ok, I'll do that, but I'm sending a shot of a pair of turkey vultures. Note >> the red heads also. >> >> http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=1199 >> >> J >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Paul Stenquist" <[email protected]> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, April 8, 2017 3:23:17 PM >> Subject: Re: PESO: Bald Eagle? >> >> Go to google. Click on images. Then search bald eagle underside. Some are >> completely different, but several are a perfect match for this. Hawks aren't >> even close. I didn't look at Falcons. I probably should. >> >> Paul via phone >> >>> On Apr 8, 2017, at 6:18 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Nice raptor catch, Paul. >>> I can't get at my saved images at this >>> time and my field guide does not >>> show the underside of the included Bald, but I'd be surprised to find solid >>> white on or under a Bald even if just >>> approaching maturity. With the >>> number I've seen in the wild along >>> with the couple dozen my pro friend, >>> Brian Shul, has displayed and those he has sent to me for comment, I >>> can't help but doubt the one you shot is a bald. If not, so what? Still a >>> good >>> good size raptor that may be a non >>> typical Bald.(?) >>> >>> J >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Apr 8, 2017, at 2:18 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I saw some kind of Raptor circling several hundred feet above my yard this >>>> afternoon. I pulled my camera off the tripod and did a handheld shot with >>>> my 150-450 and 1.4X converter mounted — about 630 mm. Shutter speed was at >>>> 1,000th. Turned focus manually to infinity and I think the camera locked >>>> on as well. But the result is less than 20% of frame. I assumed it was a >>>> hawk, but when I rendered it I could see if it’s no hawk i know. Matches >>>> up well to bad eagle underside pics on the web. Fun stuff. >>>> >>>> https://www.photo.net/photo/18372981/bald-eagle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
