Great pics Jerry. Those are awesome birds.
The Hound
While dropping Bamboo Crappie Condos and doing a little scouting the other day we saw several Bald Eagles. In one place five came out of the trees on both sides and flew ahead of us up a small creek channel. In another place there were two immature eagles hanging around while we were checking the crappie in a spawning cove. One decided to sit still long enough for me to take a couple pictures:
When we got too close it came out of the tree right towards us:
Most of them will be heading back north soon but the rangers say we have 3 active nests on Lake Greeson and they counted over 60 Bald Eagles in their eagle count this year.
Great pics Jerry. Those are awesome birds.
The Hound
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Awesome photos...they are still young since they don't have their characteristis white head and tail feathers.
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Jerry
You are almost as good of a photographer as you are fisherman. But, you could have waited until those talons got a little closer coudn't you?
I have seen shots like this while drifting on the white river for trout. One time I wounded a little trout and watched it drift toward an eagle just to watch it swoop down on it. I don't think that was legal; but, it sure was a magnificent sight.
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Jerry,
Thanks for the picture! My son loved them!
CC
Wonder why they are called bald eagles when they got "feathers" on their head?
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Bald or balde is an old English term that means white.
Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in Heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy -- Eskimo legend
Great pictiures, we always see several on Nimrod Lake each winter too.
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Isn't it cool to watch those. I have a few local nests I like to watch every year here. One on Chautauqua, one on lake Erie and one at Alleghany state park.
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