Juvy

by Nick Boren

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Juvy

Artist

Nick Boren

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Photograph - Nikon Photography

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This is a juvenile bald eagle. They look a lot different than the mature ones. The juveniles do not have white heads like the mature ones develop. Also, as the younger ones get older their feather colors turn darker. They also develop white tails as they start getting older.

From Wikipedia:

The bald eagle's natural range covers most of North America, including most of Canada, all of the continental United States, and northern Mexico. It is the only sea eagle endemic to North America. Occupying varied habitats from the bayous of Louisiana to the Sonoran Desert and the eastern deciduous forests of Quebec and New England, northern birds are migratory, while southern birds are resident, remaining on their breeding territory all year. At minimum population, in the 1950s, it was largely restricted to Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, northern and eastern Canada, and Florida.[35] From 1966 to 2015 bald eagle numbers increased substantially throughout its winter and breeding ranges,[36] and as of 2018 the species nests in every continental state and province in the United States and Canada.[37]

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January 26th, 2024

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