Date: 9/29/25 12:05 pm From: 'Jill Armentrout' via IA-BIRD <ia-bird...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Help with large light colored bird at Oak Grove beach
Thanks for all of the suggestions - I know it wasn’t an osprey - because I did see one this morning and I saw a Giant Egret. Honestly - I have photographed a million bald eagle photos and definitely know what juveniles look like - I definitely had the outline of an Eagle and flying with both wings straight but definitely very very light but not white. It was pretty darn big because I could see if flying away from me for a long time?
Maybe it was a Krider? Has anyone seen one around Saylorville? I tried to check on E-bird but I don’t see any?
Thanks! I need to get binoculars I can hang around my head because I’m trying to hang onto three dogs !
Jill Armentrout
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> On Sep 29, 2025, at 1:11 PM, Markus Woolery <markus.woolery...> wrote:
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> Was it white or just light-colored? My guess would be red-tailed hawk. They often appear light-colored from the bottom and in immature birds the red tail is not always apparent. If it looked white maybe it could have been krider's.
> Markus Woolery
> Waterloo
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> On Monday, September 29, 2025 at 8:53:54 AM UTC-5 sammiesibemom wrote:
>> I was walked the dogs & a huge light colored bird flew. It actually looked like an Eagle & flew like one but wrong color. I looked at large terns but know it wasn’t a Caspian? Any thoughts. Thanks
>> Sent from Jill’s iPhone.
>> Des Moines, IA
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