ML125494761
Contributor
Layton Pace Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Lake Palmdale
Los Angeles, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Photo significantly cropped and lightened.
Observation details
The bird was on top of a picnic table by Lake Palmdale at some distance away. It looked big relative to the Red-tailed Hawk that we had just seen and seemed like an eagle at first impression. The bird had substantial white on its breast and a brown head which suggested a RT, but no clear belly band or V on its back. We scoped the bird and could not get great looks at its head and beak for a clear ID given the distance and lighting. The cropped and adjusted photo seems to confirm a 2nd year Bald Eagle, which would be consistent with the white breast. The talons also seem too big for a hawk.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D7500
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 600 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/500 sec
- Dimensions
- 4200 pixels x 3300 pixels
- Original file size
- 6.47 MB