{"id":3395,"date":"2016-09-19T02:11:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T02:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/?p=3395"},"modified":"2018-02-21T22:30:32","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T22:30:32","slug":"golden-eagles-at-a-distance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/?p=3395","title":{"rendered":"Golden Eagles at a Distance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Golden Eagles have a proportionally small head and,\u00a0long tail. These features, combined, produce a subtle, yet unique, &#8216;signature&#8217; in the sky.<!--more--> Note the bulge to the secondaries, creating a &#8220;lobed&#8221; look to the trailing edge of its wings; the slight pinch in width near the sides of the body accentuates the lobed look (see how <span class=\"text_exposed_show\">this particular feature shows through in both the long and mid-distance shots below). In a favourable light, the golden hackles shine through quite nicely, lending to a pale-headed look at a moderate distance and a near-headless appearance at a considerable distance\u00a0(see this effect by viewing the small crop at left before clicking to enlarge the photo).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12743768_10206007888380200_8546249840887049310_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3396 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12743768_10206007888380200_8546249840887049310_n-300x107.jpg\" alt=\"12743768_10206007888380200_8546249840887049310_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12743768_10206007888380200_8546249840887049310_n-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12743768_10206007888380200_8546249840887049310_n-768x274.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12743768_10206007888380200_8546249840887049310_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo<\/strong>: Golden Eagle. Pakenham, Lanark County, Ontario. 26 December 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golden Eagles have a proportionally small head and,\u00a0long 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-3395","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\/3395","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=3395"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8388,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3395\/revisions\/8388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}