April 14, 2006
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Birds
The new weekly_Photo_Challenge is hosted by wolf_dreams.
For once, I don’t have a gazillion photos from which to choose.
Birds don’t often hold still to wait for me to go get my camera, and
when I’m out there with the camera they make themselves
scarce. I don’t have a long lens for my digital to catch
them on the wing. This is what I have:
A digitally-zoomed shot of a bald eagle in the top of a spruce tree, caught through a window.
A raptor too high overhead for me to tell if it was eagle, hawk or harrier.
duck? loon?
see above
Comments (19)
It makes me happy to see that bald eagle! I’ve heard they aren’t as endangered as they used to be.
Eagles are on my list of never even seen one except in a zoo. What an experience to see one in the wild. I think you are living a photographers dream where you are. I believe we do have nesting pairs somewhere on our river and maybe I will get to see some if I push for the opportunity. We have an annual Buzzard return that I missed again. It happens in March and is about 5 hours from us. It happens in Hinkley, Ohio and both are on my list, “do this before my death date”.
Have a wonderful Easter week,
Wow, a bald eagle! I’ve never seen one in person. Great pics!
Xgram–LOTS of troublke with the damp comp, I’m just going home, no trip to Biog lake or call from there. Only got five cans beets, wasn’t as good a deal as I had thought–got Coke, aNOTHEr prolonge hassle with ANOTHER asst manager over buy four, get one free deal–finally got my dough back, though.
Hope stand goes well, today has largelyt sucked, what with Tv disappointment, comp trouble, and STILL unable to amail Alyce for NO apparent reasomn. Sigh.
ghoti liked his reading, which was the one bright spot
It looks like the second picture could be an eagle, judging by the tail but I can still barely see it so I’m probably wrong. lol.
Love the pictures. We have a lot of eagles around here, but mostly crows, ravens, robins and sparrows. Good picture taking.
Yeah…you are lucky to have seen a eagle in the wild. I think I’ve seen a bald eagle once in my life in a zoo when I was a little kid. Nice pictures.
I’m with you about finding birds to take. LOL Thanks for sharing
loooooooooooong shots! nice perspective
That duck or loon is lucky to swim amid such pretty green and blue.
you know..when i was in alaska, i was shocked at how many eagles i saw. my jaw dropped every time. i guess you guys/gals are used to it.
Arms merchant has a coke connection/problem bickering price?- couldn’t resist the poke at his comment.
BTW who was the nut who told you that you are crazy? I’m hoping to get the same diagnosis. *peace & a smile (inside) for you*
I’d like to buy the world a Coke, grow apple trees and honey bees and snow white turtle doves. Happiest of unfrilly Easters to you.
Very nice bird pics. The bold eagle is an amazing bird!
Well done on the eagle under difficult conditions!
Nice shots, Happy Easter!
great pics . would love to live somewhere that i could watch bald eagles outside my window.
Picture no. 3 is a coot. All black with white bill. cool pics. Wow, an eagle through the window…! Man! Reminds me that for two years in a row I could look out my bedroom window almost any winter morning and see a peregrine falcon, the rarest raptor in the east, atop the tall bldg next door. Usually he was feasting on pigeon. Hope your Easter is nice.
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I like the 3rd pic a lot! nice composition.
capturing birds even with a long lens is difficult! Takes tons of time and patience…
Nice. Birds are truly hard to get!!