uh-huh...they're back

Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
edited September 28, 2007 in Wildlife
I was caught by surprise as I was leaving the WL this AM. Eagle drops down outta nowhere, snags a fish and off he goes. Shot with 70-20 /1.7TCII. Not wall hangers by any stretch but I was glad to catch some eagle action:



I followed this guy and he led me to his family:

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  • livinginozlivinginoz Registered Users Posts: 497 Major grins
    edited September 27, 2007
    is it must my monitor, or does that one on the right look like a turkey vulture? eek7.gif
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited September 27, 2007
    Wow. Just wow! Great BIF and I don't think I ever seen bald eagles on the ground like that! Excellent.thumb.gif
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  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited September 27, 2007
    livinginoz wrote:
    is it must my monitor, or does that one on the right look like a turkey vulture? eek7.gif

    I thought it was a juvenile eagle..but now I don't know?
  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited September 27, 2007
    Maestro wrote:
    Wow. Just wow! Great BIF and I don't think I ever seen bald eagles on the ground like that! Excellent.thumb.gif

    Thanks Maestro. I think they do this quite a bit; eat on the ground.
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited September 27, 2007
    Wow, great job on these, Trish. That's pretty funny how he grabbed up all that seaweed with the fish. It just goes to show you that eagles are human too.

    That's definitely a vulture in the second shot. I think it might be a black vulture becuase it doesn't appear to have the distinctive red head of the turkey vulture.

    That's a good behavorial shot. You can tell where the vulture is on the pecking order (no pun intended), being at the end of the line.
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited September 27, 2007
    good captures Trishclap.gif
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  • GiphsubGiphsub Registered Users Posts: 2,662 Major grins
    edited September 27, 2007
    kdog wrote:
    Wow, great job on these, Trish. That's pretty funny how he grabbed up all that seaweed with the fish. It just goes to show you that eagles are human too.

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    Both great shots, but I like the second with the vulture hanging around so close to the eagles. May not be that rare, but I have never seen a pic of that before.
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited September 27, 2007
    digem thumb.gif
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2007
    kdog wrote:
    Wow, great job on these, Trish. That's pretty funny how he grabbed up all that seaweed with the fish. It just goes to show you that eagles are human too.

    That's definitely a vulture in the second shot. I think it might be a black vulture becuase it doesn't appear to have the distinctive red head of the turkey vulture.

    That's a good behavorial shot. You can tell where the vulture is on the pecking order (no pun intended), being at the end of the line.

    That is definitely a black vulture.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2007
    Love that first capture Trish. clap.gif Hopefully we'll get some more shots tomorrow.
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  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2007
    kdog wrote:
    Wow, great job on these, Trish. That's pretty funny how he grabbed up all that seaweed with the fish. It just goes to show you that eagles are human too.

    That's definitely a vulture in the second shot. I think it might be a black vulture becuase it doesn't appear to have the distinctive red head of the turkey vulture.

    That's a good behavorial shot. You can tell where the vulture is on the pecking order (no pun intended), being at the end of the line.

    Now that I realize it is a vulture it makes things more interesting for me. Watching the behavior for about 15 mins. I would have assumed it was a young eagle. They got along really wellne_nau.gif
  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2007
    dbaker1221 wrote:
    good captures Trishclap.gif

    Thanks Dave.
  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2007
    Harryb wrote:
    Love that first capture Trish. clap.gif Hopefully we'll get some more shots tomorrow.

    Thanks H.

    I hope we get some good eagle shots Harry. I really need your help with finding why I am getting such lousy shots. Bring your 70-200 for me to try on my camera tomorrow please. I believe mine needs a trip to the Nikon Hospital ER. :cry
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