Even though these birds of prey were quite a distance away and the photos (taken by digiscoping) are somewhat indistinct we can ID the bird on the lower branch as an adult White-tailed Eagle (also called Sea Eagle) as follows:
- Pale head and neck with yellow bill. You can make out the yellow bill the best in the first and last photos.
- Dark body and wings
- White tail. You can make out the white tail the best in the third photo.
- The Oostvaardersplassen is a known location of White-tailed Eagle breeding pairs.
The White-tailed Eagle is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List. Our ebird Life List now stands at 1,155.
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