Can you possibly ID, please? (1 Viewer)

[Milkquasy]

Taken today (24th) at Mallows Bay MD. TYVM

 

[Microtus]

Double-crested Cormorant (L), Bald Eagle (R)

 

[KC Foggin]

I'll go along with Cormorant for the left. Can't tell for sure on the one on the right.

 

[nartreb]

Agree with the others. Cormorant on the left, not sure how you'd rule out a Great Cormorant, but a young double-crested is likely. Bird on the right is a large and heavy bird of prey with big yellow talons, definitely not a vulture or osprey. Photo is just about good enough to rule out a large hawk (rough-legged or red-tailed, dark morph), so let's call it an eagle (posture, talon size, beak size - not really clear but still somewhat visible). I don't see how you can rule out Golden, but the odds favor Bald.

 

[nartreb]

PS the watery habitat also favors bald eagle rather than golden (or the two hawks I mentioned), though it's not decisive.