Another Eagle, Sharm, Egypt Dec 2023 (1 Viewer)

[Earnest lad]

Sorry to have so many questions about bird pics of my recent trip. Getting towards the end now. So many conundrums.
Please may I request help here.
As mentioned in the last post, I found several large eagles around a pool including the bird in the last post kindly identified by Lou Salomon as a Steppe Eagle.
Whether or not all the eagles present were the same species I don't know. However the one in the pics here caught the eye due to having a golden head. I hoped it might be a Golden Eagle which would be a lifer. I do not even know whether or not that species is present in the Sinai area of Egypt.
I asked one man privately what he thought it was and he said Golden. Another person I asked of said it was Imperial Eagle. Understandably I am confused, as I am not familiar with the complexities of the identification of eagles; especially when they are not full adult.

 

[Ratal]

Streaks on sand, pale window on inner hand - I'd start my thoughts at Third year Juvenile Imperial Eagle

 

[Butty]

Certainly nothing golden eagle about it. I'll stop there.

 

[Earnest lad]

Certainly nothing golden eagle about it. I'll stop there.

Thank you. I guess I will have to take that trip up to Scotland one day if I am to get this species.

 

[Earnest lad]

Streaks on sand, pale window on inner hand - I'd start my thoughts at Third year Juvenile Imperial Eagle

Thank you so much!

 

[Ratal]

Thank you so much!

Yeah - It is an Imperial Juv. What a belter of a bird though. Cracking find!

 

[Butty]

I guess I will have to take that trip up to Scotland one day...

Golden eagle is easy to find in mountain areas across half the world. And, from its wing-shape, often easy to identify at very long range. Just keep travelling and birding and you'll connect 👍🏻

 

[Earnest lad]

Yeah - It is an Imperial Juv. What a belter of a bird though. Cracking find!

Thank you so much for confirming. I was amazed to see 4 or 5 huge eagles there in plain sight at this location, just perched and relaxing. For me a once in a lifetime experience

 

[Earnest lad]

Golden eagle is easy to find in mountain areas across half the world. And, from its wing-shape, often easy to identify at very long range. Just keep travelling and birding and you'll connect 👍🏻

Thank you. I have been trying to find out about a place or places the species might be readily observable. I have seen some youtube vidoes of watchpoints at ski resorts in Switzerland for example. I think in Scotland they might be very shy or something