Eagle fishing

[Lou Buscher]

These were from the late winter at the Conowingo dam. (8 photos)

1 See’s fish in river from tree and starts dive.

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2 I had lost her in the dive but got her back before she hit the water.

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3 Talons out

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4 deep in the water, this is rare to catch.

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5 has she got it?

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[Lou Buscher]

6 Yes she das a nice Gizzard Shad

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7 she is looking right at me. We are about 350 feet apart

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8 off to a tree for a meal.

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[hangin tree]

Awesome capture, Behavior series

 

[SRA]

Wow, stunning work. Just as an observer, I find it a great set of captures and good story.

 

[HappyFish]

Super photo set! I think your gizzard shad is a small bass. Look at the mouth, tail and the dorsal fin in photo #6 and the under side of the jaw, shape of the body and the green color in photo #7. Can`t help it, fish farmers are like that.

 

[TimK]

Nice catch, Lou! (I mean your catch, not the eagle's!)

 

[Gale]

I would love to get that sequence..wow
Thanks for sharing that

 

[Lou Buscher]

Awesome capture, Behavior series

Thank you Gary and thanks for the look
Lou

 

[Lou Buscher]

Wow, stunning work. Just as an observer, I find it a great set of captures and good story.

Thanks Scott, it is a sight to behold and one you never forget unless your the fish.
Lou

 

[Lou Buscher]

Super photo set! I think your gizzard shad is a small bass. Look at the mouth, tail and the dorsal fin in photo #6 and the under side of the jaw, shape of the body and the green color in photo #7. Can`t help it, fish farmers are like that.

O SHoot Robert I better learn my fish as well as my eagles.:biggrin:Thanks for the correction as I did not think there were bass in there and the studies done by the power authority over a 2 year period told us eagle people that they got mostly shad so I went with the odds and I guess I lost. Good eye there fish farmer:wink::wink:
Lou

 

[Lou Buscher]

Nice catch, Lou! (I mean your catch, not the eagle's!)

Thanks TimK but I think we were both happy. But my happyness can last longer than hers:biggrin:
Lou

 

[Lou Buscher]

I would love to get that sequence..wow
Thanks for sharing that

Thanks GAle and actually I got a few of them but this was the best of the bunch. I would pick a bird roosting in the trees looking in the river and put my lens on it and wait. As soon as I though it was going down went the shutter 0n my camera and I just tried to stay tracking. Great place and you should try it in Nov. to Jan. hundreds of eagles and I even found 4 birds with blue bands (N.Y. birds) and I was able to read and ID them later.
Lou