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I packed up my gear and drove up to Pt. Edwards, hoping that the eagles would not leave. I parked the pickup near the tree and started shooting handheld with the 7DII + 100-400L II.
The adult was still perched on the top of the tree. Can you spot the juvie?
While I may not have not have seen the juvie, the adult knew it was still there.
The juvie surprised me as it took off and flew west over the condos towards Puget Sound.
During low tide, Shell Creek creates a spit where it empties into Puget Sound a little less than a mile north of Sunset Ave. Later that afternoon I saw an eagle bathing at the spit. It was hard to tell due to the angle and distance, but I assume the eagle was bathing in the fresh water of the creek and not the saltwater of the incoming high tide. Taken with the 5DIII + 500L telephoto + 1.4x TC mounted on a tripod.
I knew the 5:00pm Sounder was due any minute. Passing trains usually scare birds at the spit, so I was hoping to get photos of the eagle + Sounder. This is the best shot I got.
The eagle flew out over the Sound where I got a photo of it with an oil tank train in the background.
Terry, Daren, and I went out to the fishing pier Friday (4/21) afternoon. In the distance we could see one of the Pt. Edwards pair perched on their tree at the top of Pine St. I was hoping it would fly down to one of their other regular perches near the ferry dock. A while later a chorus of gulls announced that the eagle had landed, carrying a fish no less.
I like the shadow of the gull on the ferry.
In the far distance one of the Hutt Park pair perched on its snag in Hutt Park.
Saturday afternoon (5/6/17) one of our local eagles stole a fish from an osprey over town. I photographed the crime from afar at the marsh with my 5DIII + 500L + 1.4x TC.
Later that afternoon an osprey flew past me at the marsh heading north with a fish in tow.
It was a fairly large fish in comparison to the osprey.
A minute later one of the eagles flew off in the same direction.
Saturday afternoon (5/13) a juvie eagle and it crow escort made circles over the marina as they worked their way north. I took these from the marsh. For once, back lighting and shadows were not a problem.
Thursday afternoon (5/18/17) I mounted the 5DIII + 5600L + 1.4x teleconverter on a tripod and pulled up a lawn chair to photograph the Pt. Edwards eagles' nest.
The male was perched atop the sentry tree across the street from the nest.
The female came flying in with what looked like a clump of grass and dirt. I thought it was a little late in the season for her to be building on to the nest.
Guess who popped up to watch mom? I believe this is the Pt. Edwards pair's first baby since 2014.
I was having trouble with the viewing screen of the 5DIII, so I swapped cameras and took a few more photos with the 7DII.
Watching junior.
Mom took off and returned with more plant material. I'll try to find out more about this behavior.
Dad had departed, so she may have been waiting for him to return with junior's dinner. Notice how dirty her beak is, as though she was digging in the dirt for something.
No eaglets are visible in the Deer Creek nest, but the female is behaving like there are babies in the nest. She is upright much of the time instead of lying very low in the nest.
The Hutt Park pair in Edmonds remain a mystery.
I could not find a nest. One of the eagles has been perching by itself on the spar in the park as though it is a sentry tree for a nearby nest.
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