On my beach walk yesterday, crows were mobbing an eagle. The eagle was mostly ignoring them. I didn’t bring my big camera, so this is cell phone zoomed in…
Look at how close the crow comes.
mobbing
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In flight
I have photographed lots of eagles in trees. Now I am trying to catch them in flight. It’s tricky. Against a gray sky, I am still happy with this one.
She is mistress of all she surveys.
For today’s Ragtag Daily Prompt.
elevated eagle
For today’s Ragtag Daily Prompt: elevate.
Walking the beach this past week, we saw this eagle. We thought he or she was pretty happy. Why?
First, there were patches of little fish on the beach.
We discussed the fish. Did they get chased by a predator and get left by a receding wave? Interesting.
Then we wondered why there were no gulls eating the little fish. No birds eating the little fish at all.
And then we figured out why:
Oh, we thought. Amazing how much the gull looked like a dead angel at first.
And a bit further along the beach, the eagle sat, looking very happy. Mmmm, seagull.
no weasels
For the Ragtag Daily Prompt: weasel.
I don’t have a weasel. I haven’t caught a weasel with my camera. There is a dearth of local weasels. Here is an eagle instead.
maturation
For the Ragtag Daily Prompt: hope.
This young eagle is shedding feathers and hoping for a chance at the dead octopus on the beach.
I hope that the eagle matures. I hope that it makes good decisions and learns self control and quiet wisdom. Don’t you?
eagle in blue
For the Ragtag Daily Prompt spray.
This is the eagle that was feasting on a dead octopus last week. We had to walk by to get home. We tried not to spook her, but she flew out to land on a rock just out from shore. Her wings look like the waves and the waves like her wings.
sea gift
On Sunday I go on a long hike with my visiting son and daughter, out North Beach. We see three eagles in trees and then the reason. A dead octopus on the beach, large. A sea gift of protein. Four more eagles and other birds soared while people were close. Returning, this juvenile bald eagle is on the beach, happy with this meal. The speckled feathers changing from juvenile to adult are quite gorgeous. I want to go in the sea and meet our giant pacific octopus, too, some day.
Mundane Monday #201: contrast
For Mundane Monday #201, my prompt is contrast. I like the contrast of the sunlit leaves behind the dark mystery bird in this picture. This is taken on North Beach yesterday. I am not sure if this is an immature bald eagle or a golden eagle.
Link your contrast photographs or experiment with contrast and I will post links next week.
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Last week’s prompt was crop.
Mama Cormier sends the food aspect of crop.
The Photo Junkie sends a gorgeous yellow crop.
Bushboy is cropping photographs to a different world.
of note 2
For the Ragtag Daily Prompt: note.
And here is the zoom in to the silhouette in the tree: the third eagle. I said that we saw three at once and this is the third.
This is another juvenile.
Right now in the Pacific Northwest, it is a wonderful time to see eagles and hawks. I went to visit my daughter in Bellingham this weekend. With few leaves out, the hawks are very visible, perched high up, waiting for game.
eagle angle 9
For the Ragtag Daily Prompt: flight.
This photograph delights me. The young eagle is so ruffled and scruffy compared to the parent. Feathers all every which way, like a gangly teenager. And looks a bit sullen and grumpy, too. My teens were certainly hungry all the time and I suspect that the eagles were out because they are hungry too, so early in the spring.
Thank you, eagles!
As we walk away from the tree, here is a shot back. Both are still present but you do have to look for them. I look for the shape from a distance.
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