Michael Rucci photographed an immature bald eagle at the Octoraro Reservoir in Chester County, PA. After seeing that his subject had a green band on one of his feet, he emailed his photograph to the NJDEP Fish and Wildlife biologist who looked up the band number, E-25, and saw that the eagle had been banded as a nestling on June 18, 2015 at the Merrill Creek Reservoir.
In the photograph you can see that the bird has a lot of white on the under side of the body, but it does not not a full white head and tail of an adult. This bird is almost 2 years old but technically in it’s third year if you count 2015 as year 1.