Yeah, that head is very distinctive. Best, Paul! J
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 8, 2017, at 5:07 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >>> 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 <[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.
