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Index of Subjects Hi Eleanor, Jeannie et al, Bald eagles take 4 years to mature and acquire full adult plumage. Generally in their 1st year they are mostly black, but then graduallymolt their feathers, and for the next 3 years have varying patterns of dark and light - often variable and splotchy, but practically always with white in the wing-pits, which can extend onto the belly - so your birds would likely be Bald eaglesin their 1st or 2nd winter plumage. Richard On 11/12/06, Jeannie <jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Eleanor, > Its funny you should mention this,because when driving home from Antigonish > last Tues. I saw the same type of bird.When I first saw it ,right away I > thought immature eagle.It was circling very low above a river.I too noticed > that it was all dark with the exception of its belly which was white. > Jeannie > Jeannie Shermerhorn,Port Hawkesbury > > Cottage....Cape George,Cape Breton > > > jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca > > -- ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd., RR#1 Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ###################
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