[EBB Sightings] Juv Golden Eagle above Claremont

Thanks for the info, Bob. The white patches on this
particular bird were relatively small, so it might
have been a couple of years old.
I forgot to note that it was flying southeast and
didn't seem to be hunting. Perhaps it's one of the
Sibley chicks from last year.
Alan Howe

--- Bob Power  wrote:

> 
> 
> juvenile golden eagle. ...could see the white wing
> > patches. ..... How long do
> > they
> > keep the wing patches?
> >   
> Alan, the most prominent wing patches, white at the
> base of the inner primaries and sometimes the outer
> secondaries, are visible throughout the golden
> eagle's
> first year.  Some white can be visible on some birds
> all the way through their fourth year, but it tends
> to
> be more and more diminished as the birds acquire
> their
> adult plumage.  
> Bob Power
> Oakland, CA
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