Birds Bird On A Stick

[TwoWheeler]

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[Dean Wilson]

Great capture.

No matter how hard I try Bald Eagles are always too far away... even with my 100-500mm.

 

[TwoWheeler]

Great capture.

No matter how hard I try Bald Eagles are always too far away... even with my 100-500mm.

It’ll be our little secret, but this one was about 50’ off the side of the road. I leaned across the hood of my truck.

(I took a few insurance shots, then tried to get closer, but he noped out).

 

[woolno]

AH, Dean - you have to pay a visit to Nova Scotia in the winter and spring

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Ah Dean - you have to visit Nova Scotia in Winter and Spring!!

 

[flowrider]

^^^^The first bird looks blind in the right eye.

Lou

 

[woolno]

Raptors have three eyelids! They have a top and bottom eyelid plus a third, transparent eyelid which closes laterally across the eye. This special eyelid is called a nictitating membrane and is used to; keep the eyes moist, • protect the eyes during flight, and • protect the eyes when feeding themselves or their young

 

[topsa]

AH, Dean - you have to pay a visit to Nova Scotia in the winter and springView attachment 39201View attachment 39202View attachment 39203Ah Dean - you have to visit Nova Scotia in Winter and Spring!!

Last one, The great shot! Love the motion in the snow and the detail in the feathers. The eagle’s eye looks intense; was this handheld?

 

[woolno]

All hand held.

 

[woolno]

All hand held

 

[Bnicol]

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Great shot! We drove by one in Orange Beach/Gulf Shores Saturday evening -- if only I had had my camera and 100-500 lense with me! They never show up when I'm equipped.

 

[TwoWheeler]

Great shot! We drove by one in Orange Beach/Gulf Shores Saturday evening -- if only I had had my camera and 100-500 lense with me! They never show up when I'm equipped.

Blind luck. I was driving somewhere else to take waterfall shots -which is why I had my camera. I spotted him sitting in a tree at a small pond by the roadside, evidently hogging down the last of a small fish. I pulled over, swapped the 85 for the 100-400 and set my exposure settings before I got out of the truck - figuring he wasn’t going to stick around when I got out. I took a few and he seemed nonplussed, so I tried getting closer - “Nope!”