ML351384451
Contributor
Joshua French Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Castle Peak Trail
Nevada, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Golden Eagle performing evasive behavior to avoid incoming raven.
Observation details
Circling, far away, harassed by marauding raven. The first photo shows the golden nape, confirming identity as a golden. I first thought the white patches on throat and wings seemed to indicate juvenile plumage, but tail feathers are of an adult. Also missing and half grown feathers on the wings and tail lead me to suspect that this bird could be in molt. I wonder if it could be transitioning between juvenile and adult plumage? Or maybe it is just an adult in molt?
Additional species
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D500
- ISO
- 1600
- Focal length
- 390 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/1250 sec
- Dimensions
- 1772 pixels x 1955 pixels
- Original file size
- 359.58 KB