Bald Eagle - Immature is a photograph by Nikolyn McDonald which was uploaded on August 23rd, 2016.
Bald Eagle - Immature
This immature bald eagle was perched high on a bare branch near DeSoto Lake at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge in Nebraska. Though mature birds are... more
Title
Bald Eagle - Immature
Artist
Nikolyn McDonald
Medium
Photograph - Photopainting
Description
This immature bald eagle was perched high on a bare branch near DeSoto Lake at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge in Nebraska. Though mature birds are distinctive for the white plumage on their heads, the juveniles are dark brown with messy white streaking; they do not reach maturity until they are four or, more commonly, five years old. Once almost extinct in the contiguous United States, they are no longer even on the endangered species list.
Since this eagle was facing away from the sun, I had to over-expose to capture detail, and the background was white; I replaced it with a texture from Jai Johnson.
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Uploaded
August 23rd, 2016
