Bald Eagle having lunch.

JeffroJeffro Registered Users Posts: 1,941 Major grins
edited October 28, 2013 in Wildlife
Seeing a Bald Eagle in my neck of the woods is pretty rare. A few years ago it was unheard of, but in the last few years there's been one or two spotted as fall sets in. A buddy of mine spotted a couple eating on a dead deer so I went to check it out. I took a couple of days but I finally ran across this:

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Eagle's lunch.

I was sitting in a ditch, in my Jeep, using my window for support. I shooting with my Canon 7D, Canon 300L F4 IS and my Canon EF 70-200L F2.8 IS w/2x extender. The extender on the 300 sucks, and is only fairly marginal (too me) on the 70-200. The photos above are 50% crops.

It's days like today that make me wish I had a 600L F4......it'll never happen.
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  • mstrozewskimstrozewski Registered Users Posts: 74 Big grins
    edited October 27, 2013
    I understand about wanting a 600F4; that's what 27k? Laughing.gif I'll have to work 2 years of wages to afford that one ;) The captures are good none the less.
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  • JeffroJeffro Registered Users Posts: 1,941 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2013
    mstrozewski wrote: »
    I understand about wanting a 600F4; that's what 27k? Laughing.gif I'll have to work 2 years of wages to afford that one ;) The captures are good none the less.

    Thanks. I'll probably opt for a 1.4 extender to use on the 300.

    The 600 F/4 is "only" $12,999.00......but the $499.00 for the extender seems a little more doable. rolleyes1.gif
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,938 moderator
    edited October 28, 2013
    Rent...amazing to see in the cornfields of IL.
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  • mstrozewskimstrozewski Registered Users Posts: 74 Big grins
    edited October 28, 2013
    Jeffro wrote: »
    Thanks. I'll probably opt for a 1.4 extender to use on the 300.

    The 600 F/4 is "only" $12,999.00......but the $499.00 for the extender seems a little more doable. rolleyes1.gif

    Oh hey well, at 12k good luck with that! That's a years wage now ;-)

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  • JeffroJeffro Registered Users Posts: 1,941 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2013
    ian408 wrote: »
    Rent...amazing to see in the cornfields of IL.

    A few years back seeing a Bald Eagle in Rochelle was unheard of. The Rock River is about 20 miles away and you can usually find a few over there, in Oregon, once the river starts freezing up north. I grabbed this shot:

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    At the Oregon damn a few years back.

    I need to get over to the lock and damn on the Mississippi this year.....there are usually hundreds of Bald Eagles over there in January. Maybe I should rent a long telephoto and make a weekend of it.
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,938 moderator
    edited October 28, 2013
    Rent one for sure.
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  • PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2013
    I love that last Eagle shot! Best, Pam
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