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.
Friday, November 22, 2013
Eagle vs. Osprey
This came yesterday from a reader in Florida, and I appreciate the additional input:
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