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Adult Bald Eagles have white heads and tails withdark brown bodies and wings. Their legs and bills are brightyellow. Immature birds have mostly dark heads and tails; theirbrown wings and bodies are mottled with white in varyingamounts.
Similarly one may ask, how can you tell a vulture from an eagle?
If you watch the birds while they are soaring, you cantell if it is an eagle or a turkey vulture.The wings of an eagle will appear flat. The wings of avulture will be at an angle, commonly referred to as a"dihedral". Differentiating a golden eagle from a young baldeagle is more difficult.
Then, what kind of bird looks like a bald eagle?
At distance, Red-tailed Hawks have a similar shape toBald Eagles but their wings are shorter, their headssmaller, and you can usually see that the bird's body andwings are paler than a Bald Eagle.
Color - Adult golden eagles are brown with tawnyon the back of the head and neck; tail faintly banded. One wayto distinguish a golden eagle from an immature baldeagle is leg plumage. A golden eagle's legs are entirelyfeather covered; an immature bald eagle's lower legs arebare.