Seabeck, Washington Bald Eagles

[Terry O]

Bill has twisted my arm to post a few shots from my Friday (May 24) trip to Seabeck. We lucked out on the weather - cloudy with sunbreaks.

There were large numbers of juveniles and sub-adults. The eagles fish in the oyster beds at low tide where the fish get trapped.

 

[Christine]

Awesome shots Terry!

 

[Terry O]

Thanks very much, Christine! It was a great day. Hope to go back soon.

 

[Bill Anderson]

Thanks very much, Christine! It was a great day. Hope to go back soon.

Now you are going to be so bored with our local eagles.

 

[Terry O]

A few more shots from Seabeck

All of the following shots were taken with a Canon 7D and 500mm f4L/1.4x extender. Thanks to Bill Anderson for his help in showing me how to put captions on the images.

Adult and Juvenile in competition. There is a definite pecking order - the adult eagle wins! They are fishing on an old oyster bed. The fish get trapped between oysters as the tide drops.
http://www.pnwphotos.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10925&stc=1&d=1369802205

A Sub-adult and Juvie. The juvies seem to generally stand by, letting the adults fish and eat.
http://www.pnwphotos.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10926&stc=1&d=1369802205

Capturing the action was challenging, primarily because there was so much going on at one time.
http://www.pnwphotos.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10927&stc=1&d=1369802205

A juvie going in for the catch. It looks like some sort of war machine to me (probably to a crow too )
http://www.pnwphotos.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10928&stc=1&d=1369802205

A Sub-adult in the final approach. That crow made a good decision to make way!
http://www.pnwphotos.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10929&stc=1&d=1369802205

 

[Terry O]

Looks like I need more help, Bill!

 

[Bill Anderson]

Looks like I need more help, Bill!

Or I am a poor instructor.

 

[Terry O]

I need to find my dunce cap!
I must have missed a step somewhere. The attachments all came out together at the end, and never came up under the caption.

 

[Bill Anderson]

The next rainy day I'll come up to your house and we can sit down in front of the computer and post up some of your hummer shots together.

 

[Terry O]

Another try at adding captions to the eagle shots

I'm trying again. I think I found the missing step

Amazing how they can land on those rough oyster shells. The Crow is unconcerned. Wonder if Eagles eat crows?


The Juvie doesn't seem concerned either. I noticed that generally, the juvies respected their elders.


In this shot they do look confrontational though. But the juvie really didn't challenge the adult


The juvie is just observing the action.


This juvie looks like a well-oiled killing machine to me. If I were that crow, I would be concerned!