eagle

This eagle swooped down from it's perch to scoop a LARGE salmon from the river,drag it along the surface for about 50 meters before getting airborne and taking it away for dinner. I got this sequence but unfortunately the Pitt River is too wide and the distance to far for decent photos to post. Rats

We only managed distant views of this beautiful rare eagle whilst on a recent guided day trip of Alentejo. However I managed a decent record shot as it caught the late afternoon sun. For more info on Alentejo / algarve tours go to: http://algarvebirdman.com/

This magnificent eagle was mobbing a golden eagle at Alentejo. Not great views but distinct enough for us to identify it in the evening sunshine. Another first, thanks to our guide for the day, Simon Wates. Visit Simon's web site at: http://algarvebirdman.com/default.asp?o=10478

Not a great shot as the bird was quite some distance away. However it was back lit by tremendous Alentejo late afternoon sunshine. Thanks to Simon Wates for a great a day out on the steppes of Portugal. For further info on Simon's guided tours go to: http://algarvebirdman.com/default.asp?o=10478

I debated with myself about uploading this one but in the end decided to go ahead. It's not pretty but this is a bird of prey after all , and this is what it does.

Couldn't resist adding this photo :) The wild bird is coming down to get pieces of fish, BUT it was not satified with the first chunk and came back for a bigger one. You can see it has let go the little one to grab the bigger lunchbag!

Eagle safari in Lofoten Isl., Norway

I don't often get the low angle shots of eagles, usually they are in flight or perched high in trees.

A bright sunny day and a good day for a ride along the dikes.Not many birds out and about except for this eagle and a GBH. The sun went behind a cloud just as it lifted off so colours are a bit dull but a fair shot anyway.

In a tree overlooking a lake geting some sun

Immature almost mature

Taken with the 100-400 lens with my new 2x teleplus pro 300 attached. Has to be manually focused...but really not that hard!

This eagle descended from his usual high perch to this tree closer to the river and was resting after a fishing attempt .

A difficult day for photos.Grey and overcast(SIGH- waiting for sun). Hard to adjust camera and get decent details.However I managed a shot of this eagle heading home with dinner.The unlucky entree might be a coot- just guessing from the look of the feet.

This was caught just taking off from its perch in the Kahna Tiger Reserve last year

An immature Golden Eagle attacking a big goose. I had the eagle identified by a raptor society in PA. He attempted to get this goose 3 times but ultimately failed. It was spectacular to watch, as the goose dove underwater at the last second each time. Image not as clear as I wanted, but it was...