Greetings Chris:
This is a juvenile, or first-year bald eagle. Dark head without golden
hackles, large beak and the fact that it was hanging around near an adult
bald eagle, likely hoping to scavenge on a kill from the adult.
Best,
Anne Price
On Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 6:31:58 PM UTC-6, Egret wrote:
>
> [image: IMG_2677.JPG]
> Is this a Golden Eagle? I saw it in the same tree as a Bald Eagle. It was
> clearly larger. Also the hooked bill. I also thought it could be a
> Dark-morph Swainson's Hawk (I saw several today).
>
> Chris Brobin
> Manitou Springs
>
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Colorado Birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/a6414eea-cc54-470d-81bd-109a9b9aa587%40googlegroups.com.
