Eagles on Prince William Sound(finally)

NorthernFocus

After nearly a two year hiatus, I finally got a chance over the Fourth holiday for some eagle photography. Tried out the D7000 for the first time in this application and it didn't do well. Buffer only holds 10 frames in RAW mode which just didn't cut it for shooting eagles fishing. By the time I decided to swith back to the trusty D300 body the birds were about done feeding. Salmon are starting to run and they only need one of those puppies to fill themselves and the chicks in the nest. Only had a couple of hours but managed to come away with a shot or two.

On the attack



and mission accomplished.



Okay that's getting a little too close...



So how about a flyby?



This guy dove down and caught a salmon right in front of the tree he was sitting in so no time to set up and shoot him in flight. The salmon was too big to fly with so he had to swim ashore and drag it out on the bank. It didn't dawn on my to get a shot of him swimming :scratch Anyway, we motored over closer and got a few frames of him on the bank. Not a high quality image but I thought it was a good behavioral shot and is also kind of funny.



And for the obligatory "bird on a stick" I had to pull one from a couple of months ago when I was down at the Cordova shoerbird festival.

Gale

Very nicely done. Images loog realy good.
I like that eagle on a pole. All fluffy

Harryb

I love eagle images. These are very good. The buffer is the main reason I haven't gone for the D7000.

Daver

Oh my - what wonderful images. Must have been an exciting day for you!!

NorthernFocus

Thanks for the comments. The buffer was a bummer Twice I filled the buffer just before the bird hit a fish. Maturity prevailed and I refrained from throwing the camera overboard

korandoke

very nice serie, well done