Bald Eagles from Llano, Texas

MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
edited January 3, 2008 in Wildlife
I spent nine hours observing a pair of nesting bald eagles after a three hour trip to get to them. Funny thing, within about 2 hours all of the nice light had gone, but I still had good time just watching these regal eagles.

Within about 30 minutes of arriving I was treated to this nice perch in good, amber light.

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Here the baldie is on a different perch in front of its nest calling out.

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While on the same perch, I got a nice front view of the baldie, but the shadow could not have been in a worse place. :rofl Still I like the image.

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It did turn for me though so I did get a good side view of the face.

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I have some of the nest, but I will wait and post that in another thread. I don't want to overwhelm this thread. Those on dial-up are already going to have a tough time as it is.

By afternoon the sun had shifted the light was not as favorable no matter where I positioned myself. But, I got a few usable images.

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Looking down, probably at a squirrel that was running around the tree. That squirrel had some cojones! But I suppose the river behind the nest kept the eagles well fed so there was no need to worry about the squirrel, at least for now.

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Stephen
www.capture-the-pixel.com

Comments

  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2008
    I have hundreds of frames of Baldys from this year.

    None of them are as nice as that first one!thumb.gif
  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2008
    that first shot is really nice Stephen..clap.gif .sorry they didn't do some fly by's for you
    **If I keep shooting, I'm bound to hit something**
    Dave
  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2008
    Like the first two Stephen!thumb.gif
    Glenn

    My website | NANPA Member
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2008
    Ric Grupe wrote:
    I have hundreds of frames of Baldys from this year.

    None of them are as nice as that first one!thumb.gif

    Ric. I swear, if I had known that my best pic was to come about thirty minutes after arriving I would have left and done some more birding in the Hill Country somewhere else. As it stood, I was there nine hours and all my best shots were from the very early morning. eek7.gif
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2008
    dbaker1221 wrote:
    that first shot is really nice Stephen..clap.gif .sorry they didn't do some fly by's for you

    Thanks Dave. I actually got one fly-by but since I had my TC connected to my lens, I had lost AF so the BIF did not turn out. Oh well, there is always next time.
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2008
    raptorcaptor wrote:
    Like the first two Stephen!thumb.gif

    Thanks Glenn. Those and the fourth one are my favorites from the perches.
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2008
    Good captures Stephen. thumb.gif I have spent hours watching eagles and its always a thrill.
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited January 3, 2008
    clap.gif :ivar wings.gif eaglesssssssssss!!!!! Love these birds. Just don't seem to see them enough. Nice job Stephen.
    Mike McCarthy

    "Osprey Whisperer"

    OspreyWhisperer.com
  • riddim_makerriddim_maker Registered Users Posts: 1,835 Major grins
    edited January 3, 2008
    clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
    iloveyou.gif #1, makes it worth all the effort
    Russ
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited January 3, 2008
    riddim_maker wrote:
    clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
    iloveyou.gif #1, makes it worth all the effort

    I thought the same Russ. Thanks. thumb.gif
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited January 3, 2008
    Harryb wrote:
    Good captures Stephen. thumb.gif I have spent hours watching eagles and its always a thrill.

    Thanks Harry. I will admit it was the fastest nine hours I have spent in a while. While I am at it, I redid several of the above pics. I wasn't satisfied with the shadows and highlights at all. Here is one redo.

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    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited January 3, 2008
    Bird Man Photographer wrote:
    clap.gif :ivar wings.gif eaglesssssssssss!!!!! Love these birds. Just don't seem to see them enough. Nice job Stephen.

    Thanks Mike. I'll trade you a few eagles if you can send me some more cooperative ospreys. :D
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

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