[obol] Re: Bald Eagle Surprise!
- From: Priscilla Nam Hari Kaur <priscillanhk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lillian.e@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 06:45:15 -0800
Lillian and others discussing the Eagle /Goose photo;
Hi all,
At first I just went for the interpretation Lillian gave us; that it was a
Bald Eagle.
Then I kind of went back and forth with the tides of opinion, though I
could never quite
get comfortable with it being the rear view of a goose.
Then too, where is that huge golden honker of a bill the Eagle should have?
But this morning I looked again at the original photo again with sleepy eyes
and was struck by the lack of largeness of the would-be Eagle.
I found this photo on flickr showing an Eagle with a Canada Goose; The
Eagle really dwarfs the Goose.
Just my two cents worth, if even worth two cents - I am often victim to
"size illusions".
I hope the link works:
https://flic.kr/p/7LwWk5
Priscilla Sokolowski
On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 10:47 PM, Lillian <lillian.e@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello again Birders,
>
> I still think it is probably an eagle... I have been searching for other
> (in focus) photos of eagles in similar poses just for comparison. This is a
> good photo I found on Flickr of an eagle is a very similar pose.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/chanel3d/8344831504/in/photostream/
>
> If it is a goose, than what is the reddish colored thing at the lower
> righthand side of its body? I think it is prey that the eagle is
> carrying... Also, a goose does have white under the tail, but the tail is
> dark... The bird in my photo is white on top of what would be either be the
> head or the "butt".
>
> I guess we'll never know what it really is... but it sure was exciting for
> me when I found it!
>
> Lillian
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