Showing posts with label eagle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eagle. Show all posts
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Captured an immature bald eagle in flight thru the window ~
too bad I don't have a paparazzi-type lens; it was quite a distance across the lake
Sunday, December 13, 2009
The Eagles Hell Freezes Over tour
Last Monday ( Dec.7) I saw, quite close-up, a mature eagle fly right up past our front window and over the top of the house, taking a shortcut thru the trees towards Miller's Bay, behind us. On Friday, both Mark & I saw one flying across the lake in front of the house.
Yesterday, we returned home from our Christmas party in Ottawa, to find the lake frozen over, and this morning, we were treated to quite a show. Unfortunately the show took place on the opposite side of the lake, rendering my photos rather poor quality at such a distance. At least I did get pictures this time, and they are just good enough to be able to discern that my subjects are indeed, a breathtakingly beautiful family of eagles; first we saw an adult & an immature, then another adult appeared to assist in the acquisition of dinner, and last, but not least, another 'child' showed up to partake of the spoils. This is my most special observance of nature yet, O My Bali - I adore you.
A Family Affair ~
an adult & an immature eagle
Mature eagle traumatizing a (sitting) duck
Say good-bye, little duck :(
legs spread, talons unleashed, ready for the take-down
It took a tagteam of 3 eagles to finally take the single sitting duck, over a span of an hour.
The 3 terrorizors
...and the take-down ...
The actual moment of take-down; luckily, it occurred unseen, underwater
The original single, and then duo, were unable to pick off the little duck swimming frantically back and forth in a tiny patch of open water. Then a fourth eagle (another immature) appeared out of nowhere to take part in the buffet.
Shredding dinner
Nothing left but a pile of feathers blowing in the snow squall
If I didn't see it with my own two eyes, I never would have believed that eagles would prey upon ducks! We kept imploring the little duck to 'fly away', as ducks can fly faster than an eagle, but it may have already been injured, or unable to fly for whatever reason, becoming trapped by the ice closing in around it. It kept diving underwater when the eagles would come in for the kill, but it was no match for the masses, poor little thing. It was able to hold off one, and even two hungry attackers, but not three at once. It was sad to watch without being able to stop the power of Mother Nature at work. Being high up on the food chain is a definite advantage; not that the eagles give that much thought, I'm sure!
2 adult and two immature eagles
Disappearing from sight
Eagle, soaring above the seagulls
Heading towards the bridge
Show's over.
(click on this last one to see the most beautiful bird-of-prey silhouette!)
Yesterday, we returned home from our Christmas party in Ottawa, to find the lake frozen over, and this morning, we were treated to quite a show. Unfortunately the show took place on the opposite side of the lake, rendering my photos rather poor quality at such a distance. At least I did get pictures this time, and they are just good enough to be able to discern that my subjects are indeed, a breathtakingly beautiful family of eagles; first we saw an adult & an immature, then another adult appeared to assist in the acquisition of dinner, and last, but not least, another 'child' showed up to partake of the spoils. This is my most special observance of nature yet, O My Bali - I adore you.
A Family Affair ~
an adult & an immature eagle
Mature eagle traumatizing a (sitting) duck
Say good-bye, little duck :(
legs spread, talons unleashed, ready for the take-down
It took a tagteam of 3 eagles to finally take the single sitting duck, over a span of an hour.
The 3 terrorizors
...and the take-down ...
The actual moment of take-down; luckily, it occurred unseen, underwater
The original single, and then duo, were unable to pick off the little duck swimming frantically back and forth in a tiny patch of open water. Then a fourth eagle (another immature) appeared out of nowhere to take part in the buffet.
Shredding dinner
Nothing left but a pile of feathers blowing in the snow squall
If I didn't see it with my own two eyes, I never would have believed that eagles would prey upon ducks! We kept imploring the little duck to 'fly away', as ducks can fly faster than an eagle, but it may have already been injured, or unable to fly for whatever reason, becoming trapped by the ice closing in around it. It kept diving underwater when the eagles would come in for the kill, but it was no match for the masses, poor little thing. It was able to hold off one, and even two hungry attackers, but not three at once. It was sad to watch without being able to stop the power of Mother Nature at work. Being high up on the food chain is a definite advantage; not that the eagles give that much thought, I'm sure!
2 adult and two immature eagles
Disappearing from sight
Eagle, soaring above the seagulls
Heading towards the bridge
Show's over.
(click on this last one to see the most beautiful bird-of-prey silhouette!)
Sunday, November 16, 2008
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