The last time Erika and I visited the Darlin Creek Reserve near Olympia (on 10 November 2020), a disheveled Bald Eagle greeted us. These raptors take five or six years to achieve their striking, black and white plumage. I suspect this bird is a four-year-old. When it next molts, in its fifth year, the bird will lose the black band at the tip of the tail.
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