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BIF's Bald Eagles, Part III

Started Apr 1, 2017 | Discussions thread
OP dzba Senior Member • Posts: 1,680
Re: BIF's Bald Eagles, Part III

Digirame wrote:

Those are super. You did very well.

Thank you.

I'm envy you being able to find eagles so close to home.

I feel blessed that I have this opportunity.  After the eagles departed in April 2014 I saw few eagles, and those were far off.  This adult pair are tollereant of people, to a point.  People walking, or walking their dog(s) are ignored by them.  They sit and watch as people with their cell phones stop and click away.   For some unknown reason when a real camera appears, they get skittish and nervous.  When one flies directly overhead at less than 10 yds above, that gets me very excited.  55 mm reach is too long, then.  Wish (in hindsight) I'd kept some of those.  Camer/lens/me can't manage to get any in focus, then.  Had one where the bird filled the image almost completely, wings cut off at the elbow joints, but far from sharp.  Got my heart pounding, then.

I can't get within about 200 feet of them before they fly away and that was a long time ago. I haven't seen very many lately.

I'm hoping that their nesting efforts pay off again, and I get to watch them teach their young how to eat and catch fish.  I found that very entertaining.

Mike

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