Greetings from south Florida (it's semi-rainy and 80 today). Interesting picture! Ospreys have a distinctive white head, belly and tail viewed from underneath with banding usually visible on the tail and some white on the leading edge of the underwing. The bald eagle has a white head and tail but a black belly and underwing. The picture looks to show a white belly suggesting osprey but the clean white tail and what appears to be characteristic yellow talons leaves me to cast my vote as a bald eagle. (note; I'm certainly not an authority on raptors but my wife and I love your blog and I just wanted to weigh in on the voting). Thank you both for sharing your lives in Vermont, it brings us joy between summer visits.
To have your name added to the subscriber list or to unsubscribe, contact janebrowncabot@gmail.com.
Posts
Comments
Friday, November 22, 2013
Eagle vs. Osprey
This came yesterday from a reader in Florida, and I appreciate the additional input:
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Hunter's Moon
This photo was taken in the Randolph, Vermont area by Mary Whitcomb. Thank you, Mary, it's a great shot. I believe it was taken a week a...
-
Winter is still here, and so is the Ice-Out Contest block! No sign of it sinking yet! As I write this, we are having another snow squall - ... -
The past couple of weeks have been pretty busy and today I took a little time to go through some of my files to see what needs to be put aw... -
Well - Happy Birthday to Me! I've made it through another year and almost to the anniversary of tearing the ligament in my knee a year ...
No comments:
Post a Comment