Eagles I Have Known

Charlie

Arizona Bald Eagle. "Getting to Know Charlie" Arizona Highways Magazine - June 2003 Issue - Focus On Nature

Charlie

Arizona Bald Eagle "Getting to Know Charlie" Arizona Highways Magazine - June 2003 Issue - Focus on Nature

Eagles I have Known

Arizona Bald Eagle in Nest - 35 mm film. Sierra Ancha Mountain Wilderness. The year was 1986. I was a spirited and enthusiastic, beginning wildlife photographer, lacking the basic knowledge of photography skills. Yet, a chance encounter with a nesting pair of Bald Eagles along a remote Arizona mountain creek fueled a passion for wildlife photography and Bald Eagles that continues to this day. As of the date of this photograph there were only 12 known nesting pairs of Bald Eagles in Arizona. I was honored to have become the first photographer to photo-document the season of a nesting pair of Arizona Bald Eagles. Camera - Minolta Maxxum 35 mm auto-winder. Lens - Tamron 500mm f/5.6. Film- Fujichrome Velvia 50 ASA. Settings - lost in time.

Power in Flight

The downward thrust of the wings gives power and grace to the flight of the Bald Eagle - Northern Bitterroot Range - Montana

Heart-Cutting Eyes

The classic, stabbing glare of the Bald Eagle is known only to Birds of Prey. The Bald Eagle's eyes are six-times more powerful than that of the human eye. Soaring at 1,000 feet in the air the eagle can easily spot prey the size of a rodent, a tiny rabbit, or a small fish submerged beneath the waters surface.

Bread Winner

This male Bald Eagle is clutching a partially consumed Small-mouth Bass in its talons while flying into the nest where the female is preparing to lay eggs, staying only long enough to drop off the meal and fly out.

On Wings of Eagles

While stalking this Bald Eagle perched in a fir tree, and attempting to get in closer for a photograph, it suddenly leaped into the air, made a few circles above me, and came swooping down within a mere 25 feet away. Startled, I threw the camera up in front of my face, and without aiming, blindly fired off a shot. Cabinet Gorge Reservoir - Montana.

Tricky Landing

Male Bald Eagle on final approach to nest. Watching these graceful flyers in flight while negotiating tree limbs and branches is spectacular.

Riding the Wind

Bald Eagles are masters of flight, effortlessly soaring upon the wind currents that carry them aloft for [seemingly] endless periods of time.

Watchful Eye

Male Bald Eagle perched above his nest containing eggs. Both the male and female take turns sitting on the eggs, but the female is chief sitter. Both birds have a distinctive, featherless Brood Patch on the breasts that keeps the eggs warm. The female's is larger and more defined. The Brood Patch rests gently upon the eggs to provide warmth ensuring the eggs are maintained at a constant temperature of 105 degrees.

Juvenile Bald Eagle

Along the Clark Fork River on Cabinet Gorge

Nesting Bald Eagles

This male eagle (L) stands over the female (R) that is sitting on eggs. While the males are chiefly the meal providers during the incubation period - 34 to 36 days - he will also take his turn sitting on the eggs while the female takes breaks and brings in food to the male.

Landing in the Nest

Male Bald Eagle

Evening Roost

Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus (sea eagle) leucocephalus

Flight Into October

Flying high above Montana's Clark Fork River - Bald Eagle amid the Autumn colors of October. Nikon D810 - Nikon 500mm f/4 - 1/1250 @ f/4 EV + 0.03

After the Storm

Bald Eagle - Cabinet Mountain Range - Montana Haliaeetus leucocephalus ( Latin: Haliaeetus > Sea Eagle - leucochephalus > White Head )

Manasseh - the Eagle - USA

Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus - the Sea Eagle. Cabinet Mountain Range - Montana

Bald Eagle - Young Adult

This eagle was coming straight at me, eye level. Suddenly - within feet - it made a strafing dive, then instantly pulled up right over my head! Blindly aiming, I stuck the camera up in the bird's direction and fired ... Handheld. Nikon D810 - AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E @280mm 1/2500s @ f/8 ISO 800 Manual Mode +0.7 EV

The Hidden Eagle

The male bald eagle is seen sitting in the nest on the left - attentive and astute. His mate, the female, is at his immediate left ... hidden and obscure. Can you spot her? Hint : the "Eye of the Eagle."

Break Time

This male Bald Eagle had been taking his turn sitting on eggs in the nest. After several hours had passed, he suddenly sprung from the nest and leaped into the air, flying out for a long-awaited break. Bald Eagles will not soil their nests. Amazing Birds!

And the Fourth, the Face of an Eagle

The Vision of the Cherubim by the River of Chebar - Ezekiel 10 A slice of afternoon glow - Montana Bald Eagle

The Way of an Eagle in the Air

Proverbs 30:19 Male Bald Eagle in Flight - Haliaeetus leucochephalus (Latin - The Sea Eagle) Over the Clark Fork River - Montana

King of Birds - The Sea Eagle

Bald Eagle in Flight over Cabinet Gorge - Montana

EVENING TWILIGHT

Mother Bald Eagle in Nest - Cabinet Gorge Reservoir - Montana Nikon D810 - Nikon 500mm f/4 ED VR 1/640s @ f/4 - ISO 140 - Manual Mode

Freedom Flies - Image 4

Golden Hour Landing

This male bald eagle comes in for a nest landing during the last rays of the evening sunset - The Golden Hour. It's this light that photographers dreams are made.

The Grace of Flight

Male Bald Eagle - Montana Bitterroot Range