A Rare and Wild Guest at Nashville Zoo at Grassmere

I took these pictures yesterday around 11:45 a.m. at the Nashville Zoo, Tennessee, USA.

This Bold Eagle stayed for a short time near the Giraffe exhibit and then flew on in a westerly direction.

This was the first official sighting of a Bald Eagle at Nashville Zoo at Grassmere.

A beautiful and rare sighting in the midst of a city on a gloomy day.

If you wish to order a print of this image go to www.sperka.biz/baldeagle

Have a good weekend!

4 Replies to “A Rare and Wild Guest at Nashville Zoo at Grassmere”

susan burdorf says:

2012-01-25 at 23:22

You have the best job in the world!

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Chris Modisher says:

2012-01-29 at 14:15

Thank you so much for your amazing work!

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Tracy Heydon says:

2012-02-02 at 02:55

Hi Christian, can you please tell me what the difference is between the bald eagle and the fish eagle?

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1. Christian Sperka says:
  
  2012-02-02 at 07:59
  
  The term fish eagle can refer to many different birds (African Fish Eagle, Sanford’s Fish Eagle, Madagascar Fish Eagle, Lesser Fish Eagle, Grey-headed Fish Eagle, or the Pallas’s Fish Eagle). I assume you mean the African Fish Eagle.
  
  The African Fish Eagle occurs in Africa and the Bald Eagle in North America.
  
  A very noticable differences is that where the Bald Eagle only has a white head and tail the African Fish Eagle has more white in its plumage (under-side).
  
  There is quite a bit of information on the internet on both.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_Eagle
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Fish_Eagle
  
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