Eagles: Yep, Again!

Not much of a catch. I think I would have thrown that one back. The bird swallowed the fish in one gulp. Not sure what kind of fish it was but it doesn't look like a Kokanee.

The lower picture is of an imature Bald Eagle. This bird is probably from the summer hatch. I seem to remember reading that through the maturing process the classic white tail and head takes about two years to show. During this time many of these young birds not recognized as a Bald Eagle.

Eagle: To crop or not?

This one is for Del.. this is one of the better wing shots showing the original and the cropped one. You can get an idea of about how close the subject was. I'm still not happy with the sharpness. The light angle was ideal and the exposure was about right to prevent blown highlights. Just don't know how to compensate for the infirmiries that comes with age. (Mine.)

No editing done beyond cropping and file size reduction..

Just in Case You're Still Tired of Eagles

Here's a couple I got on the way to the eagle's domain.

These elk are part of a herd of elk at a commercial elk ranch located adjacent to hi-way 95 south of CDA.. Nice, but tame and captive.

Tired of Eagles?

OK, how about some fishing pictures.

This was taken on the way to find the eagles. This is the south-most part of Couer d'alene Lake. Relatively shallow (10 to 20 feet), it freezes over early and usually provides several days of good ice most years.
Here we have a couple of "Portable" ice shacks.

Click on the second photo and you can see a Northern Pike these guys caught. (Look lower right, I'd guess it weighs between 5 and 10 pounds, typical of the average in this area.)

Eagles: A Portrait

Lest you think all my eagles were soft, here's one of the closer poses.

Eagles: Another Pick Up (Pic 5)

Eagles: Another Pick Up (Pic 4)

And we have lift off!