So there we were driving along in the car on Saturday morning, not far from our house when suddenly we spotted a tree full of bald eagles. By the time we had turned around and driven back for me to photograph them, they had begun to get restless and were taking off and by the time I took my last photograph there were only 6 left in and around the tree. These wonderful birds nest in the area and feed on the carcasses thrown out from the local chicken farms, mainly. The younger ones tend to be larger than the adults and do not have the distinctive white heads which appear when they are older.
I am catching up with my project, more to post!
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Thanks +Rub Bal
Thank you Sumit, my birdy friend! +Sumit Sen
It was, +Shelly Gunderson
I know you get a ton of these +Lindi Smith
Wow, I am jealous, now +D. Hale !
Thank you Brad! +Brad Buckmaster – that is high praise.
+Marleny Suazo – thank you.
Dear Ursula, thank you so much for that lovely comment. I love that you love it! +Ursula Klepper
You are right, but not having a 600mm lens (which I don't) I decided to try to get them all in. A long lens would have given one in detail. It was the embarras de richesses that I was wanting to show, as that was what I felt! +Janet Patterson
Thanks so much +Marilou Aballe
It really was, +Heiko Mahr
A special moment indeed +Jacqueline Hodsdon – you are welcome any time. In fact there is an Eagle Watch weekend coming up here in a couple of weeks' time!
Thanks very much +Martin Matejic as always.
Great shot madam E, well done!
How very cool! What I would have done to see this! 🙂
Wonderful to see so many all at once
What a great find.. and what a great experience it must be to see that
Fabulous capture!
Wow, don't you wish you had a long lens +Ellie Kennard? As it is it gives a very good sense of a very impressive sight.
I love it! Can't explain why, it's all, the composition, the sharpness, the tree, all those lines and especialy the birds all around, even this contrast between the light and dark……this image is caching my attention! xo
Wow nice pic!!!
Great image +Ellie Kennard !!!
Had a pair of them wheeling past my window yesterday. Pointed them out to my African Grey who was sitting on my hand, and he wasn't impressed (they weren't headed our way… his opinion varies depending how close they are.)
This looks like our back yard Ellie! Great shot!
How cool to see!
Lovely image!
nice