Birds of prey from the SF Zoo

Eric&Susan

It was amazing to see these birds so close up. They were all tethered to a post so it made it easy to get close. All of them had something or other wrong with them. One has been hit by a car, I don't remember about the other ones.

I wish I would have bought a pen and paper to write down what each one was but hopefully somebody will chime in with the name.

A falcon, this was the only pic I got of him. Not sure if the camera scared him or what but as soon as I took this he started trying to fly. He was tied to the post with a bungee cord so he just kept bouncing back, kinda sad really.



I believe this was a juvenile eagle :dunno



One more:



This guy was on Eagle Island. Him and his mate are not releasable back into the wild but can still live out side. He was guarding a nest box. We watched him for about 15 minutes and all he did was turn his head, constantly watching what was going on.



Thanks for looking, comments always appreciated,

Eric

Harryb

Hey Eric,

Nice shots. That looks like a great place to shoot.

gluwater

I believe the 2nd and 3rd pics are a Golden Eagle, I don't know what the first one is. I really like how the feathers are kinda bunched up on the bald eagle and that it has it's back towards you with it's head turned.

bfjr

Hi Eric
Good Stuff
Lucky man to have such a variety to shoot!!

Eric&Susan

Harryb wrote:

Hey Eric,

Nice shots. That looks like a great place to shoot.

Thanks Harry!! Coming from such a great bird man himself that is a real compliment.

Did you see that I got a night heron too

It was great to be so close to such beautiful creatures

Eric

Eric&Susan

gluwater wrote:

I believe the 2nd and 3rd pics are a Golden Eagle, I don't know what the first one is. I really like how the feathers are kinda bunched up on the bald eagle and that it has it's back towards you with it's head turned.

Thanks Gluwater

He never once moved his body, just his head. I think he was protecting his nest box with the mother eagle in it.

Eric

Eric&Susan

bfjr wrote:

Hi Eric
Good Stuff
Lucky man to have such a variety to shoot!!

Thanks Ben!!

I wish it was in the wild but seeing as how I couldn't get that close in wild I guess I'll have to settle for these opportunities

Eric

jeff lapoint

nice work eric!!

looks like you and the 70-200 were made for each other

Eric&Susan

jeff lapoint wrote:

nice work eric!!

looks like you and the 70-200 were made for each other

Thanks Jeff!!

If I had known how much I would like this lens I would have goten it sooner. I'm still having a little learning curve with it. On moving objects, like ducks, I have a hard time getting a really sharp pic. But with practice it will come.

Eric

jwear

take the zoo in the wild it's just dam hard very nice shots, golden i think is right also the first one may be a young golden -it's not a bald was your NH on another post

Eric&Susan

jwear wrote:

take the zoo in the wild it's just dam hard very nice shots, golden i think is right also the first one may be a young golden -it's not a bald was your NH on another post

Thanks Jeff

My NH is the first pic in this post:

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=135671&posted=1#post135671

The worst part is as I was taking it I'm telling my wife this one's for Harry

Thanks,

Eric