Douglas L wrote: bs kite wrote: Douglas L wrote: stockshas wrote: Douglas L wrote
I like how you took it. What's going on in this country and the rest of world is depressing enough, we don't need to take our hobby too seriously. Two shots from the dog walk this morning.
Love your work with the Sony system and look forward to more amazing shots with the Nikon setup. In focusout of focus and all ..
Thank you very much!
A few shots from yesterday. The eagles were very very far away, not much details left after cropping but that's what I was dealt with. I like the background with the autumn foliage colors though.
The Z9 did a great job picking out the great blue heron's eye.
Hi Douglas
Wow on the last shot!
Would you describe what happened?
Thanks Robert! I am not sure what was going on in the last shot, it was very far away. I am thinking maybe the eagle was trying to steal a fish from the great blue heron? But I didn't see any fish. It's very unusual for me to see great blue herons in the middle of a deep river. Here is the shot right after the one posted. Very poor quality, just too far away. The bokeh looks weird too, not sure if it was heat shimmering but it was only 50 degrees F.
No need to feel the image is less because of the shimmer. It is the subject matter of this one that is super interesting. Is the GBH injured or did it drop a fish.
Eagles steal from ospreys and will take any injured large bird they see on the water. There is a recycling facility a mile+ from my house. Most folks do not notice that about 300+ yards away and to the far right there are almost always one or two Bald Eagles sitting in a small stand of "super-canopy" Eastern White Pines at a bend in a large river. These pines are very high and so offer the highest perches. So, the eagles sit there watching the big, slow river and for any injured among the scores of gulls and vultures in the recycling facility. I went under that small stand of EWP's with binocs (to search the canopy from below). There is no nest; I found it downriver about a mile. However, the ground under those pines is littered with long bird feathers, some bones and lots of guano.
Eagles also kill young loon chicks when they can. And that can be a fatal mistake by the eagle. The following incident happened up the highway from me at Highland Lake, where I used to fish as a boy and sometimes look for loons in the more recent years.
Looking at this image you captured makes me ask a question that never occurred to me. Why don't eagles attack GBH's that are standing/fishing in shallow waters. It's because of that heron bill.
So looks like we will never know why that eagle went for that GBH. My guess is that the eagle succeeded in getting the GBH to drop a fish it had just caught. But when I look at again, it seems the GBH is injured. Did the GBH stand up or stay down? Did it fly off?
Thanks for posting that fascinating image Douglas!
Nov 15, 2023 at 08:13 AM
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Douglas L wrote: bs kite wrote: Douglas L wrote: stockshas wrote: Douglas L wrote
I like how you took it. What's going on in this country and the rest of world is depressing enough, we don't need to take our hobby too seriously. Two shots from the dog walk this morning.
Love your work with the Sony system and look forward to more amazing shots with the Nikon setup. In focusout of focus and all ..
Thank you very much!
A few shots from yesterday. The eagles were very very far away, not much details left after cropping but that's what I was dealt with. I like the background with the autumn foliage colors though.
The Z9 did a great job picking out the great blue heron's eye.
Hi Douglas
Wow on the last shot!
Would you describe what happened?
Thanks Robert! I am not sure what was going on in the last shot, it was very far away. I am thinking maybe the eagle was trying to steal a fish from the great blue heron? But I didn't see any fish. It's very unusual for me to see great blue herons in the middle of a deep river. Here is the shot right after the one posted. Very poor quality, just too far away. The bokeh looks weird too, not sure if it was heat shimmering but it was only 50 degrees F.
No need to feel the image is less because of the shimmer. It is the subject matter of this one that is super interesting. Is the GBH injured or did it drop a fish.
Eagles steal from ospreys and will take any injured large bird they see on the water. There is a recycling facility a mile+ from my house. Most folks do not notice that about 300+ yards away and to the far right there are almost always one or two Bald Eagles sitting in a small stand of "super-canopy" Eastern White Pines at a bend in a large river. These pines are very high and so offer the highest perches. So, the eagles sit there watching the big, slow river and for any injured among the scores of gulls and vultures in the recycling facility. I've been under that small stand of EWP's with binocs (to search the canopy). There is no nest; I found it downriver about a mile. However, the ground under those pines is littered with long bird feathers, some bones and lots of guano.
Eagles also kill young loon chicks when they can. And that can be a fatal mistake by the eagle. The following incident happened up the highway from me at Highland Lake, where I used to fish as a boy and sometimes look for loons in the more recent years.
Looking at this image you captured makes me ask a question that never occurred to me. Why don't eagles attack GBH's that are standing/fishing in shallow waters. It's because of that heron bill.
So looks like we will never know why that eagle went for that GBH. My guess is that the eagle succeeded in getting the GBH to drop a fish it had just caught. But when I look at again, it seems the GBH is injured. Did the GBH stand up or stay down? Did it fly off?
Thanks for posting that fascinating image Douglas!
Nov 15, 2023 at 08:11 AM
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Douglas L wrote: bs kite wrote: Douglas L wrote: stockshas wrote: Douglas L wrote
I like how you took it. What's going on in this country and the rest of world is depressing enough, we don't need to take our hobby too seriously. Two shots from the dog walk this morning.
Love your work with the Sony system and look forward to more amazing shots with the Nikon setup. In focusout of focus and all ..
Thank you very much!
A few shots from yesterday. The eagles were very very far away, not much details left after cropping but that's what I was dealt with. I like the background with the autumn foliage colors though.
The Z9 did a great job picking out the great blue heron's eye.
Hi Douglas
Wow on the last shot!
Would you describe what happened?
Thanks Robert! I am not sure what was going on in the last shot, it was very far away. I am thinking maybe the eagle was trying to steal a fish from the great blue heron? But I didn't see any fish. It's very unusual for me to see great blue herons in the middle of a deep river. Here is the shot right after the one posted. Very poor quality, just too far away. The bokeh looks weird too, not sure if it was heat shimmering but it was only 50 degrees F.
No need to feel the image is less because of the shimmer. It is the subject matter of this one that is super interesting. Is the GBH injured or did it drop a fish.
Eagles steal from ospreys and will take any injured large bird they see on the water. There is a recycling facility a mile of so from my house. Most folks do not notice that about 300 or more yards away and to the far right there are almost always one or two Bald Eagles sitting in a small stand of "super-canopy" Eastern White Pines at a bend in a large river. These pines are very high and so offer the highest perches. So, the eagles can sit there watching the big, slow river and the scores of gulls and vultures in the recycling facility. I've been under that small stand of EWP's with binocs (to search the canopy). There is no nest, which is downriver about a mile. However, the ground is littered with long bird feathers, some bones and lots of guano.
Eagles also kill young loon chicks when they can. And that can be a fatal mistake by the eagle. The following incident happened up the highway from me at Highland Lake, where I used to fish as a boy and sometimes look for loons in the more recent years.
Looking at this image you captured makes me ask a question that never occurred to me. Why don't eagles attack GBH's that are standing/fishing in shallow waters. It's because of that heron bill.
So looks like we will never know why that eagle went for that GBH. My guess is that the eagle succeeded in getting the GBH to drop a fish it had just caught. But when I look at again, it seems the GBH is injured. Did the GBH stand up or stay down? Did it fly off?
Thanks for posting that fascinating image Douglas!
Nov 15, 2023 at 08:06 AM
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Douglas L wrote: bs kite wrote: Douglas L wrote: stockshas wrote: Douglas L wrote
I like how you took it. What's going on in this country and the rest of world is depressing enough, we don't need to take our hobby too seriously. Two shots from the dog walk this morning.
Love your work with the Sony system and look forward to more amazing shots with the Nikon setup. In focusout of focus and all ..
Thank you very much!
A few shots from yesterday. The eagles were very very far away, not much details left after cropping but that's what I was dealt with. I like the background with the autumn foliage colors though.
The Z9 did a great job picking out the great blue heron's eye.
Hi Douglas
Wow on the last shot!
Would you describe what happened?
Thanks Robert! I am not sure what was going on in the last shot, it was very far away. I am thinking maybe the eagle was trying to steal a fish from the great blue heron? But I didn't see any fish. It's very unusual for me to see great blue herons in the middle of a deep river. Here is the shot right after the one posted. Very poor quality, just too far away. The bokeh looks weird too, not sure if it was heat shimmering but it was only 50 degrees F.
No need to feel the image is less because of the shimmer. It is the subject matter of this one that is super interesting. Is the GBH injured or did it drop a fish.
Eagles steal from ospreys and will take any injured large bird they see on the water. There is a recycling facility a mile of so from my house. Most folks do not notice that about 300 yards away and to the far right there are almost always one or two Bald Eagles sitting in a small stand of "super-canopy" Eastern White Pines at a bend in a large river. These pines are very high and so offer the highest perches. So, the eagles can sit there watching the big, slow river and the scores of gulls and vultures in the recycling facility. I've been under that small stand of EWP's with binocs (to search the canopy). There is no nest, which is downriver about a mile. However, the ground is littered with long bird feathers, some bones and lots of guano.
Eagles also kill young loon chicks when they can. And that can be a fatal mistake by the eagle. The following incident happened up the highway from me at Highland Lake, where I used to fish as a boy and sometimes look for loons in the more recent years.
Looking at this image you captured makes me ask a question that never occurred to me. Why don't eagles attack GBH's that are standing/fishing in shallow waters. It's because of that heron bill.
So looks like we will never know why that eagle went for that GBH. My guess is that the eagle succeeded in getting the GBH to drop a fish it had just caught. But when I look at again, it seems the GBH is injured. Did the GBH stand up or stay down? Did it fly off?
Thanks for posting that fascinating image Douglas!
Nov 15, 2023 at 08:05 AM
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Douglas L wrote: bs kite wrote: Douglas L wrote: stockshas wrote: Douglas L wrote
I like how you took it. What's going on in this country and the rest of world is depressing enough, we don't need to take our hobby too seriously. Two shots from the dog walk this morning.
Love your work with the Sony system and look forward to more amazing shots with the Nikon setup. In focusout of focus and all ..
Thank you very much!
A few shots from yesterday. The eagles were very very far away, not much details left after cropping but that's what I was dealt with. I like the background with the autumn foliage colors though.
The Z9 did a great job picking out the great blue heron's eye.
Hi Douglas
Wow on the last shot!
Would you describe what happened?
Thanks Robert! I am not sure what was going on in the last shot, it was very far away. I am thinking maybe the eagle was trying to steal a fish from the great blue heron? But I didn't see any fish. It's very unusual for me to see great blue herons in the middle of a deep river. Here is the shot right after the one posted. Very poor quality, just too far away. The bokeh looks weird too, not sure if it was heat shimmering but it was only 50 degrees F.
No need to feel the image is less because of the shimmer. It is the subject matter of this one that is super interesting. Is the GBH injured or did it drop a fish.
Eagles steal from ospreys and will take any injured large bird they see on the water. There is a recycling facility a mile of so from my house. Most folks do not notice that about 300 yards away and to the far right there are almost always one or two Bald Eagles sitting in a small stand of "super-canopy" Eastern White Pines at a bend in a large river. These pines are very high and so offer the highest perches. So, the eagles can sit there watching the big, slow river and the scores of gulls and vultures in the recycling facility.
Eagles also kill young loon chicks when they can. And that can be a fatal mistake by the eagle. The following incident happened up the highway from me at Highland Lake, where I used to fish as a boy and sometimes look for loons in the more recent years.
Looking at this image you captured makes me ask a question that never occurred to me. Why don't eagles attack GBH's that are standing/fishing in shallow waters. It's because of that heron bill.
So looks like we will never know why that eagle went for that GBH. My guess is that the eagle succeeded in getting the GBH to drop a fish it had just caught. But when I look at again, it seems the GBH is injured. Did the GBH stand up or stay down? Did it fly off?
Thanks for posting that fascinating image Douglas!
I like how you took it. 
What's going on in this country and the rest of world is depressing enough, we don't need to take our hobby too seriously. Two shots from the dog walk this morning. 