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By AroundHome

North American Bald Eagle

After weeks of trying finally got one!  This is a juvenile (less than 5 year old) bald eagle so it's head is not white yet, plumage is mottled not dark, and beak has some black not completely yellow.  There were two juvenile eagles chasing each other upriver and another two eagles chasing each other downriver.  To my surprise and delight the upriver pair flew about 60 feet directly overhead, and I was ready!  This is the best of several shots I took. Photo is not cropped, but shadows are lightened in order to see underside better.  It will be in the 50s F most of next week, and as the river ice breaks up these birds will return north for the summer.

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