Pipe Creek Wildlife Area part 2

cropped to show that the bird knew I was there...lol

last shot and probably my best Bald Eagle shot to date...till next time

Nice shots, Burd. Good capture of the Bald Eagle looking at you.

Wonderful shots Burd!!

Nice shots, Burd. You've got to get back there for more photos of the Pileated Woodpecker and their young. Can you get in a different position for better lighting ? If you went there at a different time, would that help the lighting ? That would make for some great shots. I have only found a nesting tree one time and unfortunately it was their last day in the nest. But, I did get a few photos. I hear them all the time in the woods behind my house but I haven't bothered to look for their nest.

Your Bald Eagle shots, as do duc's, give me the fever. However, I am fairly disciplined in that from mid-October to mid-December, I will be consumed by the eagles. I usually take 5,000 to 6,000 photos during that period just of the Bald Eagles.

Thanks all! Linth I wondered about the lighting with the Pileated also. They have built it on the shaded part of the tree. I was there from about 12:45pm until 5pm and noticed it was still in the shade. I may take a trip later this evening as the nest is not that far of a walk. Believe me I wanted the light. As I was exiting the river I stopped near a section of old dead tree's..I could hear some heavy pecking right on the other side of the tree's about 20 feet away..but I was standing on shale and it crunch's.. so no bird when I got around to where I heard it. lol