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A juvenile eagle, which doesn’t yet have the coloration of a mature bald eagle, throws its wings back and its talons forward preparing to snatch a kokanee salmon from the surface of Lake Coeur d’Alene Saturday. The gathering of migrating eagles peaks in mid-December as the birds gather to gorge on spawned out kokanee that are plentiful in the lake’s Wolf Lodge Bay. Most of the migrating birds are gone by early January, heading to wintering ranges in southern states and even as far as Mexico. (Jesse Tinsley/SR)
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factchecker on December 16 at 2:01 p.m.
Bald eagle or Golden?
Stickman on December 16 at 3:52 p.m.
factchecker: probably bald, but I am no expert. As the story says, a young one will always seem bigger with many longer feathers that they will lose eventually, and then the head and tail feathers turn white. It’s the best time of year to go out and see them, they are truly in their glory right at this moment.
jesset on December 16 at 4:32 p.m.
I have had this discussion several times over photos because a golden eagle and an immature bald eagle are very similar. But the telltale signs of an immature bald eagle include exposed lower legs and talons, whereas the golden has fully feathered legs.
Stickman on December 17 at 10:00 a.m.
Then it seems to be a Golden. Thanks Jesse.