{"id":1803,"date":"2016-02-12T09:40:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T09:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/?p=1803"},"modified":"2016-02-12T09:46:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T09:46:22","slug":"golden-eagle-at-a-distance-id-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/?p=1803","title":{"rendered":"Golden Eagle at a Distance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the identification of sub-adult\/adult Golden Eagles at a distance: Golden Eagles are large-bodied, have long and broad wings, lengthy &#8220;hands&#8221; (primary tips), and have a proportionally small head and long tail. These features, combined, produce a subtle yet unique &#8216;signature&#8217; in the sky.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12140551_10205392476075277_639864622607278500_n.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1516\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1516\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12140551_10205392476075277_639864622607278500_n-300x107.jpg\" alt=\"12140551_10205392476075277_639864622607278500_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12140551_10205392476075277_639864622607278500_n-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12140551_10205392476075277_639864622607278500_n-768x274.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12140551_10205392476075277_639864622607278500_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Figure 1<\/strong>: Note the bulge to the secondaries, creating a &#8220;lobed&#8221; look to the trailing edge of its wings; the slight &#8220;pinch in&#8221; in width near the sides of the body accentuates the lobed look (see how t<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">his particular feature shows through in both the long and mid-distance shots below). In favourable light, the golden hackles shine through quite nicely, lending to a pale-headed look at a moderate distance and a near-headless look at great distances (see this effect by viewing the small crop at left before clicking to enlarge the photo). <\/span>Photo: Golden Eagle. Pakenham, Lanark County, Ontario. 26 December 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the identification of sub-adult\/adult Golden Eagles at a distance: Golden Eagles are large-bodied, have long and broad wings, lengthy &#8220;hands&#8221; (primary tips), and have a proportionally small head and long tail. These features, combined, produce a subtle yet unique &#8216;signature&#8217; in the sky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1803"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1809,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803\/revisions\/1809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}