Eagle in the Shadows

KhaosKhaos Registered Users Posts: 2,435 Major grins
edited May 29, 2005 in Wildlife
Hanging inside the shadows of the branches.

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  • jerrydoughnutjerrydoughnut Registered Users Posts: 100 Major grins
    edited May 29, 2005
    You are the man!thumb.gif I can only dream of getting shots like those. fantastic shots dude. Thanks for sharing them.
  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited May 29, 2005
    gotta be at a zoo, right? Not legal to get that close, unless you have a 16000mm lens :D

    cool shots - get the bird to come out of the distracting branches next time. Bring a kitty or something... lol3.gif
    Erik
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  • KhaosKhaos Registered Users Posts: 2,435 Major grins
    edited May 29, 2005
    DoctorIt wrote:
    gotta be at a zoo, right? Not legal to get that close, unless you have a 16000mm lens :D

    cool shots - get the bird to come out of the distracting branches next time. Bring a kitty or something... lol3.gif
    Nope, I have a couple as pets in my backyard.:bs

    Yeah, part of the wolf habitat at the zoo.
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited May 29, 2005
    Very nice. thumb.gif That third shot is prime.
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited May 29, 2005
    i was also noticing the beak is very light colored. i feel like the ones i've seen were much more yellow. is that an adolescent or young bird?
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  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited May 29, 2005
    It's a mature eagle, the juvinile will have a brown head which slowly turns white as they mature. their heads will be streaked with brown for more than a year as they grow.

    I think I was told once that the light colored beak was caused by the diet of captive birds and the difference from the "wild diet"

    I think the feed captive birds mice or rats, but wild eagles mostly eat fish,

    This is what I heard, I could be FOS.
  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited May 29, 2005
    #3 for me too thumb.gif
    and fish yes main diet thumb.gif
  • KhaosKhaos Registered Users Posts: 2,435 Major grins
    edited May 29, 2005
    So do people who eat a lot fish will get yellow teeth?:D


    This had to of been a much older eagle. While the area was secure from the outside, it was completely open from where I was shooting. Since that was the case they had to of known he wouldn't of flown around. Either way I was foaming at the mouth because I was able to get close and capture an eagle in a tree with sunlight streaming through the branches.
  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited May 29, 2005
    Khaos wrote:
    So do people who eat a lot fish will get yellow teeth?:D


    This had to of been a much older eagle. While the area was secure from the outside, it was completely open from where I was shooting. Since that was the case they had to of known he wouldn't of flown around. Either way I was foaming at the mouth because I was able to get close and capture an eagle in a tree with sunlight streaming through the branches.
    no dummy thay get YELLOW TAIL :D . nice set when you go to the zoo ----when don't you go to the zoo ??rolleyes1.gif ask them about the coloring if you would the eagle does look a little light all around ??headscratch.gif .It is a great thrill when you get close enough to nail them ,and again very nice set thumb.gifthumb.gif
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited May 29, 2005
    Khaos wrote:
    So do people who eat a lot fish will get yellow teeth?:D


    This had to of been a much older eagle. While the area was secure from the outside, it was completely open from where I was shooting. Since that was the case they had to of known he wouldn't of flown around. Either way I was foaming at the mouth because I was able to get close and capture an eagle in a tree with sunlight streaming through the branches.

    I wonder that as well about my Santa Ana Zoo Eagle he is in an open area. If he could fly away there nothing I can see to stop. I just thought they clip his wings same as I do Maggie's ne_nau.gif
  • KhaosKhaos Registered Users Posts: 2,435 Major grins
    edited May 29, 2005
    bfjr wrote:
    I wonder that as well about my Santa Ana Zoo Eagle he is in an open area. If he could fly away there nothing I can see to stop. I just thought they clip his wings same as I do Maggie's ne_nau.gif
    Ahhh, damn I'm stooopid.headscratch.gif We have to keep Coco's wings clipped for the same reason.

    Must be the booze and the long weekend.:D
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