Conrad, I can' say for sure from these photos as I can't see the feet and the plumage going down them plus I do not see any hackles and it is a really bright looking day. The head looks wrong but I am guessing its a very long try so I would say it could be But I think if you saw it fly you could see the hackels on the back of the neck. Here is a link where you can get a good look at the head of the golden. Bottom line yes i very well say it could be. http://www.loubuscher.com/Delaware%20Valley%20Raptor%20Center.htm
These are good photos to bad you could not see the feet and head better
Lou
lbuscher wrote:
Conrad, I can' say for sure from these photos as I can't see the feet and the plumage going down them plus I do not see any hackles and it is a really bright looking day. The head looks wrong but I am guessing its a very long try so I would say it could be But I think if you saw it fly you could see the hackels on the back of the neck. Here is a link where you can get a good look at the head of the golden. Bottom line yes i very well say it could be. http://www.loubuscher.com/Delaware%20Valley%20Raptor%20Center.htm
These are good photos to bad you could not see the feet and head better
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Thanks for your assistance Lou! I never got a look at the hackles or the feet as he was up high on a 300+ ft tower and never moved. I hope to try to find him again soon and hopefully get a better shot. Again thanks!
Hey, Conrad--Congratulations on the "first". Even shot on such a forbidding man-made perch, I bet you still got a big charge out of it. Most of my "firsts" have been dreadfully long "ID" shots, but it's still a gas to capture one for the very first time. BTW, I like your new avatar. :_....Mitch
Can you crop a portrait shot from the first shot? Include the shoulders in the crop. It looks to me like the hackles Lou was describing start right above the birds right shoulder.
