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Bald Eagles will not have a fully white head and tail feathers until...

...their 5th year. They start out brown, and gain more white feathers every year until they are completely white. You just gustimate how old they are by how far that transition has progressed.
Posted: 05/13/2024 at 02:02 PM ET
(In response to this post by `lag)

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So tried to go kayaking yesterday with an REI tour… (rev1)
`lag 05/13/24 11:38 AM ET
Here’s a great resource for VA native plants.
6GHokie 05/13/24 07:15 PM ET
Thanks, that far shore 3rd picture is Virginia.**
`lag 05/13/24 07:28 PM ET
Been by Mallows many times when bass fishing. Lots of ospreys & eagles on
7Hokie1 05/13/24 01:00 PM ET
Yeah, that's the thing, see all sorts of stuff w/o trying.
`lag 05/13/24 01:14 PM ET
Bald Eagles will not have a fully white head and tail feathers until...
EDGEMAN 05/13/24 02:02 PM ET
Any marshes around Mallow bay?**
HokieDan95 05/13/24 12:19 PM ET
(I see what you did there.)**
Tank 05/13/24 12:50 PM ET
Oh, for sure, I mean, I’m not sure of the technical definitions
`lag 05/13/24 12:39 PM ET
dad joke**
HokieDan95 05/13/24 01:01 PM ET
c'mon, I'm being all serious here!!! OK, just to be a smartarse...
`lag 05/13/24 01:05 PM ET
I really grew fond of that kind of water in pic 3. I miss it.**
Coach McGuirk 05/13/24 12:01 PM ET
Good stuff. Can you really have a “bay” on a river? Guess so.**
Stork 05/13/24 12:00 PM ET
I dunno, don't make my head hurt.**
`lag 05/13/24 12:17 PM ET
In the Blue Ridge Mountains
Coattail Hokie 05/13/24 11:58 AM ET
Do you mean rhododendrun? Mountain laurel is very similar to rhodo's but
Hokebury 05/13/24 12:23 PM ET
I learned something new. Thought the two were the same. **
RoswellGAHokie 05/13/24 12:58 PM ET
Thanks for the correction
Coattail Hokie 05/13/24 12:31 PM ET
Yeah I was a little confused there…
`lag 05/13/24 12:41 PM ET