Wise, Old Heron

We saw this Great Blue Heron fishing .. or resting. Either way, he did not stick around long once we showed up. I believe this is an older male. Wise and very cool.

The photo did not come out great, but It was great to see him.

~ Rick

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Two Young Eagles

We spent some time hiking at Grand Lake St. Marys State Park one day this week. We have been there many times, but I don’t think we have ever seen so many Great Blue Heron’s. I’ll share a few of those photos soon, but today I wanted to share these eagle photos.

We begin our day by hiking at Windy Point. It is one of our favorte spots, and it is considered a good place for birding. My experience echos this. Over the past 3 summers, we have stopped at this location several times, and have seen a number of beautiful birds. It’s never very busy either, so its perfect.

After we hiked to the end of the point and back, we saw these two juvenile bald eagles in a nearby tree. I shot the individual photos, and Teresa captured them both in the 3rd photograph. We almost missed them but stayed put long enough for us to capture a few great photos.

The next two photos were captured as they flew away.

We saw one adult Bald Eagle, but I missed that photo opportunity.

~ Rick

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A Break From The Children

I took this photo a couple weeks back. I am still trying to get a good photo of this Bald Eagle but getting the camera to Focus at this distance continues to be a challenge. The tree where she is located is about a football field away, and focusing on her in this tree continues to be tough. This shot is not too bad .. just not up to my expecations.

She is keeping an eye on the nest where she has two babies. I thought there was three but I can confirm two now. I guess she needed a break from the children. At this stage, they eat and grow .. a lot.

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Frequent Visitor

This Juvenile Bald Eagle has been around more lately. Previolsy we have seen her flying around near Big Woods. This photo was taken right after she had made a kill. She was in ths open field which made for this cool photo. What a beautiful sight. She could be two years old, but I really don’t know for sure.

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Juvenile Eagle

We were driving between a couple of our favotite winter hiking sites when we spotted this large bird flying overhead. It took me a few minutes to identify it as a juvenile Bald Eagle. They don’t get the white head until they are about 4 years old. The local couple that nest near our home have had 5 young eaglets over the last three years. I am not sure this is one of those, but it very exciting to see her flying overhead.

The parent eagles are nesting now (as you can make out in the second photo). Yes, that is a full size eagle on that nest.

The final photo is one of the parents in a tree near the nest. The mate is in the nest.

[~ Rick

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