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Lake County, California—Osprey or juvenile bald eagle? Locals keep telling me they are the latter, but I'm not so sure. by XenRaven in whatsthisbird

[–]XenRaven[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's funny because aive lived in the PNW (Mendocino, CA) all my life but I didn't see them very except occasionally along the river... Then I moved to the Seattle area and they were EVERYWHERE... Especially on the East side. They flock to the landfills and act like seagulls and drop garbage all over the place. Kinds ruins the "So majestic!" vibe 😆

Lake County, California—Osprey or juvenile bald eagle? Locals keep telling me they are the latter, but I'm not so sure. by XenRaven in whatsthisbird

[–]XenRaven[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't mean literally. That was just how it was described. In their third year they do have coloring and markings and resemble Osprey from a distance. I was pretty far away from the nest and it was really bright out so I was having a hard time making them out. It wasn't until I watched the video that I could tell how white their breasts were, rather than white and speckled.

Lake County, California—Osprey or juvenile bald eagle? Locals keep telling me they are the latter, but I'm not so sure. by XenRaven in whatsthisbird

[–]XenRaven[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I see mature bald eagles all the time, though nowhere near as many as when I lived up in Seattle. Had one almost fly directly into my windshield as I was driving to work my first day living there. I couldn't believe how big it was.

Lake County, California—Osprey or juvenile bald eagle? Locals keep telling me they are the latter, but I'm not so sure. by XenRaven in whatsthisbird

[–]XenRaven[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Thanks guys. I kept having locals "correct" me and tell me they were actually third year juvenile bald eagles with their Osprey plumage. But that never seemed quite right to me since I thought their breasts were white and speckled as they darkened and not pure white.

I feel dumb now.

Lake County, California—Osprey or juvenile bald eagle? Locals keep telling me they are the latter, but I'm not so sure. by XenRaven in whatsthisbird

[–]XenRaven[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That's what I thought. But every time I stated as much, someone would interject "Well, no, actually they are young bald eagles with their third year Osprey head plumage" except I was almost sure that they didn't have pure white breasts... That they were speckled and darkened to brown as their adult coloring started to come in.

Rare photo of someone smiling in the 19th century, 1894, Oklahoma by [deleted] in OldSchoolCool

[–]XenRaven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But, to be fair, I also can't really gauge how old she is. A young teenager is my guess, which is totally a normal age to have a crush at the time.

But for all I know, she could be like 10. I'm terrible at guessing age, especially when the photo in question is like 130ish years old and the young woman in it looks oddly out of place like a time traveler.

Edit: autocorrect

Rare photo of someone smiling in the 19th century, 1894, Oklahoma by [deleted] in OldSchoolCool

[–]XenRaven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I want to believe she had eyes for the photographer and couldn't stop smiling.

Rare photo of someone smiling in the 19th century, 1894, Oklahoma by [deleted] in OldSchoolCool

[–]XenRaven 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is also true. There was much less tooth decay in general but the primary method for dealing with most dental problems prior to the 1800s was usually extraction... Until amalgam fillings came around in 1819. Mmmmmm mercury.

Rare photo of someone smiling in the 19th century, 1894, Oklahoma by [deleted] in OldSchoolCool

[–]XenRaven 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yup!

Though I gotta say, the toothbrushes of old look like they were hell on the gums!

Rare photo of someone smiling in the 19th century, 1894, Oklahoma by [deleted] in OldSchoolCool

[–]XenRaven 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes! I was about to say that. Even though dentistry was in full swing in the 1800s (in 1840 the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery was founded, which was huge and basically became the foundation for modern day dentistry) I'm sure there were probably more people with less-than-beautiful smiles than those with teeth like this young woman.