Bald Eagle - Our National Symbol

And another ....

One more, for now .....

Beautiful!! The blue sky really sets them off well.

I've been watching one of our Eagles for the last couple hours, but all it does is sit on the same branch of a tree day after day. It's amazing how the daily pictures look the same as the day before.

ducbucln, they do have their favorite perches. I stood at the same spot for over an hour watching the eagle in the second photo of this thread. I wanted to get a photo of him as he lifted off the branch. Well, after all that wait, there was a little activity out over the water, and as I looked away ........ he took off. So much for patience ! Maybe next time.

I did find a photo with at least 10 Bald Eagles in it. There was one more to the right that I couldn't include.

This photo was cropped ever so slightly .......

Thanks, Resin .... they can easily get lost in the background.

After a while, the photos may start looking alike. Here is an adult coming right toward me .......

If you look closely, he has a fish tucked away in his talons ....

Wings outstretched ............

Sa-lute! to you linthicum for a great job!

Thanks, crazybirdlady !

I tried my hand in putting together a sequence photo of a Bald Eagle. This is the outcome of my first attempt. I've done it with an eclipse of the moon but nothing else.

Wow, that is neat!! I really need to get a good editing program...

Linth, that's remarkable. Loving this thread.

Oh thats super cool Linth!

Just saw this thread. Incredible pics linthicum! Thanks for sharing.

Wow Linth, some super shots. Love the sequences, you do great work.

love your pics!

What a great bunch of photos. I have enjoyed them so much. Thanks.

Thanks, again, everyone .... I'm glad you enjoy looking at them. I've taken so many photos, some good, some not so good. On Sunday and yesterday, I took about 1800 photos. Many of the eagles are too far away but I still photograph them. Obviously, I'm still sorting through them.

Nothing special about this image but I liked the shadow on the wall ..............

Way off in the distance, this majestic bird sails above the fall foliage.

Another image against the fall foliage ........

Here's coming right at you, with a fish dinner ..............

Another fly-by image .......

One more, for now ............

Sitting overhead ................

"Just passing ........ in the day".

O wow! 'Just passing' is beautiful. I luv the shadow shot too.

I agree..that last shot is one in a million! Linth this is such a wonderful set and your pics are just getting better!!

Thanks. Here is a close-up photo of an adult sitting high up in a treetop.

OH MY GOSH,

Lithicum, I have been watching your entire Bald Eagle show...
Simply gorgeous photos, all of them.

This last one is what has made me write.
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Well anyway it is the closest to my story and that is How an Eagle looked directly at me.
I was very sad as it was the day we sent my mom on to her Journey.
We were driving and along the road a baran Birch Branch, was sitting a beautiful bald eagle much as yours...So I asked my DH to pull over. We got out and walked directly toward him. I was in complete awe and t that same moment He/she looked directly at me! i thought it as a sign mom was home and I would be ok...But your photo reminded me so much of that day, only my Eagle had a tilted head...and one that will forever be engrained in my memory as Eagle Eyed.

Thank You so much for sharing your Daily photo's of a splended and majestic bird.

Hey Lith. The Eagle shots are sweeeeetttt. Where is this place with so many Eagles? Don't tell me it's here in MD.

Thank you for sharing your story, Seedtosser.

I titled this photo, "Flying into the Storm". Many of my photos of the Bald Eagle are taken at great distance. I find some of these distant photos of the Bald Eagle, alone, and high in the sky, quite awe-inspiring. They project a certain inner peace and undaunted freedom.

If only I could get closer to these Bald Eagles. They sit here among the rocks which provides an excellent backdrop but I am shooting these at 700mm. It's several football fields between me and them.

The immature Bald Eagles are not as colorful but can they still provide some exciting photo opportunities.

Here are two immature Bald Eagles. The one on the left has a fish tucked away in his talons. The other one would sooner attempt to steal it rather than catch his own fish.

OOOPS ! Slipped off of the tightrope ..............

Fall foliage in the background ..........

It looks like this adult Bald Eagle has a transmitter attached to his/her back ........... you can see the wire hanging down toward the back.

Sure does! Good eye! Do they have a monitoring program in your state?

dahlianut, I'm sure they do. I've tried unsuccessfully to find a place on the web that might identify where it came from by the color of the leg band. I'll try to find out more information the next time I visit the site. I'm sure the leg band also has a number on it but you almost have to photograph it sitting in a nearby tree to pick up the number.

Here is a close-up of one Bald Eagle with leg bands ....