Eagles, Osprey and Mergansers. Wow

james thiel · May 4, 2007

As Bill has already posted. Bill and I met down at the osprey nest to check out the goslings. Well they were not to be found. The osprey did a little flying around before Bill arrived but we got real lucky to have this adult bald eagle flying around us. On the way back to the car we found a pair of common mergansers sitting on a rock. Not a bad day at all..

The common mergansers on the rock. Funny positions before they take a potty break.

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A nice position on the osprey.
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Then as Bill showed. The crows chasing the eagle
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Anthony747 · May 4, 2007

Beautiful shots Jim! The crows are always pestering my ospreys.

Anthony

Gale · May 4, 2007

Nice shots , all of them

Awww the crow and the Eagle:>))))

Vienna Pics · May 4, 2007

Great shots James - nicley colored ducks ( and the B.E.)

alexf · May 4, 2007

Nice set!

Tim O · May 4, 2007

Great captures Jim,love those BIF shots thanks for sharing these.:smile:

davidwcramer · May 4, 2007

Nice series Jim. I have eagle envy!

Louis Champan · May 4, 2007

Beautiful set Jim, well done. Looks like you guys hit the jackpot yesterday evening. You caught some very interesting action by this eagle.

Louie

Phil K · May 4, 2007

Yes, all beautiful captures. #3 is a very nice pose.

HarryB · May 4, 2007

Outstanding captures Jim.

Retief · May 4, 2007

Hey, Jim, those all look VEEERRRRRYYYYY familiar :wink:

Great stuff, but Nancy was NOT impressed with my Crappy Mergansers .....

Did you figure out what that Eagle was eating? He sure took his time "chowing down" on the wing didn't he?

I'm still mad at those danged baby Geese though .....

Too bad Morrie and Louie didn't come by ..... :biggrin:

Great day, glad you spotted the Mergansers before we scared them off.

BirdLady · May 4, 2007

Awesome set, James!

Gerald Plowman · May 4, 2007

All great Jim. . . the Common Mergansers have been floating around in the river but too far away for good shots. . . love what you did with the "ducks"

yifeng · May 4, 2007

Great captures, Jim, Love those bald eagle shots!

raymond j barlow · May 4, 2007

great shots!

Glacier · May 4, 2007

I can only add my kudos on a fine set of images!

james thiel · May 5, 2007

Anthony747 said:
Beautiful shots Jim! The crows are always pestering my ospreys.

Anthony

Thanks Anthony. It is funny to see the crows in action against the eagles, hawks and osprey. I watched the crows chase a hawk for the longest time yesterday.

Gale said:
Nice shots , all of them
Thanks Gale. It was one of those times, we went out to find the gooslings and ended up finding something else.

Awww the crow and the Eagle:>))))

Yep, the saga continues. Crow vs eagle.

Vienna Pics said:
Great shots James - nicley colored ducks ( and the B.E.)

The ducks and eagles made the day for sure.

alexf said:
Nice set!

Thanks.

Tim O said:
Great captures Jim,love those BIF shots thanks for sharing these.:smile:

We were lucky to have found the one place that had sun. It sure makes shooting BIFS a lot easier.

davidwcramer said:
Nice series Jim. I have eagle envy!

Thanks David. After seeing your latest shots, it is I that has envy.

Louis Champan said:
Beautiful set Jim, well done. Looks like you guys hit the jackpot yesterday evening. You caught some very interesting action by this eagle.

Louie

Sorry you did not make it down Louie. We did indeed get lucky.

Phil K said:
Yes, all beautiful captures. #3 is a very nice pose.

Thanks.

HarryB said:
Outstanding captures Jim.

Thanks Harry.

Retief said:
Hey, Jim, those all look VEEERRRRRYYYYY familiar :wink:

Great stuff, but Nancy was NOT impressed with my Crappy Mergansers .....

Did you figure out what that Eagle was eating? He sure took his time "chowing down" on the wing didn't he?

I'm still mad at those danged baby Geese though .....

Too bad Morrie and Louie didn't come by ..... :biggrin:

Great day, glad you spotted the Mergansers before we scared them off.

Well those were indeed Crappy Mergansers. I did not have the nerve to post the actions shots. What ever the eagle was chewing on was pretty small. I could never make out what it was.

BirdLady said:
Awesome set, James!

Thanks much.

Mr. Ricco said:
All great Jim. . . the Common Mergansers have been floating around in the river but too far away for good shots. . . love what you did with the "ducks"

Thanks Jerry. We were lucky to have found the Mergansers in such a good location. They were very close in. Almost across from the trail going to the car.

yifeng said:
Great captures, Jim, Love those bald eagle shots!

Thanks. It was a real treat to watch the eagles flying around us.

raymond j barlow said:
great shots!

Thanks much.

Glacier said:
I can only add my kudos on a fine set of images!

Again, thanks for looking.

BirdManPhotographer · May 5, 2007

Nice series Jim. Gotta love eagles. I saw a good dozen of the baldies last week..but not a one was close enough to shoot with the 200mm.

Flew · May 5, 2007

Excellent set Jim.

RexRoy · May 5, 2007

awesome!