Wild & Free
Doing a nice flight maneuver for me just moments before he swooped down to catch a fish. I noticed this Bald Eagle must be going through molt, his tail feathers seemed strange to me, so here is what I found out .....Bald Eagles have 12 tail feathers. The molt begins usually with the third and fourth feathers on each side of the central tail and proceeds simultaneously outwards and inwards. The new feathers take about two or three months to fully grow back while their tail looks a little funny for a bit, soon it will return to its former glory!! :)
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Wild & Free
Doing a nice flight maneuver for me just moments before he swooped down to catch a fish. I noticed this Bald Eagle must be going through molt, his tail feathers seemed strange to me, so here is what I found out .....Bald Eagles have 12 tail feathers. The molt begins usually with the third and fourth feathers on each side of the central tail and proceeds simultaneously outwards and inwards. The new feathers take about two or three months to fully grow back while their tail looks a little funny for a bit, soon it will return to its former glory!! :)
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