Just Waiting For Us

We have seen a a hawk on severeral outtings over the last week or two. The first few times he was setting on a park sign near the entrance to Garbry Big Woods Sanctuary. As soon as we slowed down and tried to capture a photo she would take off. I watched as she flew into a nearby tree, only to repeat the process of trying to get a good spot for a photo only to have her fly away again.

On one ocasion, we were driving near the same location and saw a Hawk, likely the same one, in a tree just off the road. I really did not get a good photo, but it is the second photograph above.

Then one day this week we were driving again and saw two beautiful Red-tailed Hawks. A little further from the location of the last few sitings but maybe one of them was the same hawk. That is the top photo. My focus was not perfect, but what a beautiful bird. I can't wait to drive out that way again today and see what awaits us.

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Hover King

A day after I photographed that American Kestrel we saw this one. I think it was the same bird, just a mile from where we saw him a day earlier.

In the top photos he was hovering as he scouted for prey. After a period of time, he would move to another location and then hover again. This went on and on for what seemed like an eternity. It was cool to watch and even mroe fun to shot these photos.

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Juvenile Or Immature?

Teresa and I took a few photso of these a couple immature Bald Eagle this week at Grand Lake St. Marys. In the past I have refered to all bald eagles under the age of four as Juvenile, but this article to clarify the distinction between Juvenile & Immature Bald Eagles. Have a read .. it's excellent.

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Where Is The Eagle?

Sometimes photos come to you, then other times you have to go find the photo. These Bald Eagle were a little of both.

One day this past weeknd, we were hiking at Grand Lake St. Marys. Teresa saw an Adult Bald Eagle land in a tree south of our location. There was some water and distance between us and the tree. We both tried to locate her using our cameras to zoom and search in the trees. The photo is what we were looking at. The red circle was our search area focus. The light through the trees fooled me. In reality, looking at the photos after returning home, I think she was in the green circle.

While hiking that direction suddenly there was two large Bald Eagles flying in the sky above us. I guess they saw us coming and took to the sky. I only manged to photograph one of them, but captured a few photos of that one.

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Golden Eagle

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Teresa captured this one .. beautiful

Teresa captured this one .. beautiful

This was not the best setup for capturing a quality photograph. Here is how it when down: My son was driving. We were making our way through Yellowstone National Park. I was watching for wildife but we were not in a place where we could stop if I spot some cool wildlife. It was every bit as scenic as I remembered it. We were last here many years ago and returned with better gear and hungry for new photography opportunities.

We had not been driving far when I spotted this beautiful Golden Eagle. She perched in the top of nearby tree. I say nearby, but it was across the river from the road. It was a long shot, complicated by the motion of the car.

I always try to get the shot, even when the odds are not good. I put the window down, lifted the camera and started snapping photos. I was shooting at an odd angle. By this point, he was well behind us.

I think the photos came out great .. all things considered.

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