Hi, Golden versus Bald is fairly easy if you look at shape and proportion rather than plumage. Look at head length versus tail length. A Bald Eagle has a large head with the length of the head being about 2/3 the length of the tail. A Golden is smaller headed with the length being about 1/3 the length of the tail. There is also a difference in wing shape. A Bald has much straighter trailing edges and with wings are held board flat while a Golden has a noticeable curve to the trailing edge and the wings are held in a slight dihedral. Haans ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]