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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
