Bald Eagle Conundrum, St Paul, Pribilofs, Alaska #3014

Last week, while visiting St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs, I captured an image of a very strange eagle with a gray head and white tail feathers. The eagle showed up in the Pribilofs this spring. Eagles are not common in the Pribilof Islands, and this odd bird is confounding the island bird experts. When I left the local consensus was that the bird was some sort of hybrid bald eagle. I am interested to know what the larger birding community might think of this eagle. I saw the eagle just once for less than twenty seconds and grabbed the shot with the equivalent of a 600mm lens in the failing light of dusk at a really high ISO. Enjoy the photo – Camera: Nikon D800, Lens: Nikkor 80-400mm, Digital Capture, hand held ©Mark Kelley