I suspect you're right. The "eagle photo" I found on line is probably a turkey vulture as well, they look good when you can't see the head!
Paul via phone > On Apr 8, 2017, at 7:57 PM, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: > > > It looks like a turkey vulture to me Paul, we've had several circling for the > last several days. > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> >> 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 <jdavi...@comcast.net> 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" <pnstenqu...@mac.com> >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >>> 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 <jdavi...@comcast.net> 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 <pnstenqu...@mac.com> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.