Photograph of a juvenile American bald eagle in flight against a background of dense brown and tan trees and branches. The eagles is in focus and the background is out of focus. The eagle is flying to the right in profile and it has its wings spread out to the right and left in mid wing-stroke. Adult bald eagles have brown body feathers, white head and tail feathers, clear light yellow-green eyes with large pupils, yellow-orange beaks that curve downward to a point, yellow-orange legs, and yellow-orange feet that end in sharp black talons. This is a juvenile bald eagle. It takes 4-5 years for an eagle to acquire its adult feathers. During that transition time the eagle's feathers begin brown and then become mottled brown and white prior to the adult stage with a white head and tail as well as a brown body.