ML44499451

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

I arrived at the Bone Yard Draw about 11 am after birding MO Ranch all morning as part of the West Kerr CBC. I had been called the night before to inform me of the Eagles being seen at this site so decided to take my lunch break there- About a 10 minute drive. Just after exiting by truck, I saw this large rapture flying from the bluff above the Guadalupe River West Fork. I quickly grabbed my camera and took three pictures before my attention was drawn to a Common Raven attacking another large rapture to my south - see Bald Eagle picture with Common Raven. I believe these unedited picture (2,3) clearly show that this is the Golden Eagle earlier reported by the previous evening group sighting. Picture #1 is a cropped picture of #2 showing more detail. The golden head and feathering extending to the neck and lack of any other wing pattern should eliminate a Bald Eagle, and most likely this is either a sub-adult or Adult since the picture does not show any more detail.

Technical information

Model

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

ISO

400

Focal length

215 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

1/500 sec

Dimensions

4000 pixels x 3000 pixels

Original file size

1.01 MB