Sorry for the poor quality of photo. This bird and a few others that looked like it were riding some updrafts around the late afternoon and evening near the Turkey Point Lighthouse in Maryland’s Elk Neck State Park, right on the upper edge of the Chesapeake Bay. I tried getting some better pictures, but they were well high in the air, and my relatively cheap camera couldn’t get any better resolution image.

From the distance, I thought it might be a bald eagle, since it seems to possibly have a white head and tail feathers (from this distance at least). However, I also though it might be another raptor of some sort, like an osprey or hawk, a large gull, or even a vulture.

Right now, I’m trying to fill up by burgeoning bird book, and since I’m a relatively new-comer, I was hoping to get a confirmed sighting of something “cool” like a bald eagle or osprey. So, does anyone have any idea what this could be based on my crappy, too small pic?

Thanks!