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03/02/2005 11:47:37 AM · #1
I was directed to this site by a friend. If this isn't the most awesome series of photos ever, I don't know what is! Totally blew me away!
03/02/2005 11:50:11 AM · #2
Wow!
03/02/2005 11:51:00 AM · #3
$10 on the eagle..!
03/02/2005 11:56:27 AM · #4
Originally posted by eostyles:

$10 on the eagle..!


Where can I collect? It appears that he went away empty-handed!
03/02/2005 12:34:10 PM · #5
Exceptional series of images. I do believe that both birds are actually Eagles. The brown one is simply an imature Bald eagle.
03/02/2005 12:34:45 PM · #6
that is fantastic. i dream of catching something like that on camera.
03/02/2005 12:35:43 PM · #7
They are both eagles. The one lacking the white color is a juvenile (and acting like it as well).
03/02/2005 12:56:22 PM · #8
Originally posted by dickwilhelm:

They are both eagles. The one lacking the white color is a juvenile (and acting like it as well).


Ok eostyles...you can collect next time I see you.
03/02/2005 01:22:17 PM · #9
Mating flight behaviour according the the link below. Here's a quote:

"On their mating flight, they behave like aerial artists: They perform rolls, somersaults and twists holding on with their claws."

Fantastic shots!
//www.zoo-hannover.de/zoo-hannover/en/zoo_v3/tiere_attraktionen/tiere_az/tiere_detail_650.html
03/02/2005 01:28:23 PM · #10
Originally posted by nova:

Mating flight behaviour according the the link below. Here's a quote:

"On their mating flight, they behave like aerial artists: They perform rolls, somersaults and twists holding on with their claws."

Fantastic shots!
//www.zoo-hannover.de/zoo-hannover/en/zoo_v3/tiere_attraktionen/tiere_az/tiere_detail_650.html


I do not believe that is the case here. Looks like an immature eagle trying (successfully) to steal a fish from a mature eagle. Likely they would not be (dating) mating due to age.
03/02/2005 01:30:11 PM · #11
jb- I know that bald eagles don't acquire their adult plumage until they are several years old (7 I think, but maybe 5). Do they not mate until then?
03/02/2005 01:36:48 PM · #12
They make the change at 4-5 years. This is a teenager (probably 4)


To my knowledge they do not mate until mature but I could be wrong.
03/02/2005 01:43:04 PM · #13
Here are two in a fight over a duck one killed and was eating on a post. I witnessed it so know it was not mating. I also have witnessed the same behavior during mating where they lock talons and spiral down. They then break away just before hitting. We had two a few weeks ago do that and they hit the ground. Turned out it was two males fighting over a female and neither let go. Both survived after rehab.


edit: by the way - the link posted here are great shots! Wish they were mine!

Message edited by author 2005-03-02 13:44:36.
03/02/2005 04:35:05 PM · #14
I love this one...//www.pbase.com/norman/image/39561351
From this Pbase gallery...Eagles_Salmon
03/02/2005 05:06:59 PM · #15
Here are two balds mating:



Message edited by author 2005-03-02 17:16:07.
03/02/2005 05:12:15 PM · #16
awesome shots! how sad for the eagle that did all the work & lost out.
:D
cool shots.
03/02/2005 05:48:13 PM · #17
Jaysus, Zeus... Talk about capturing the moment...

Robt.
03/02/2005 05:50:33 PM · #18
Originally posted by zeuszen:

Here are two balds mating:



I can't believe 26 people opened this photo and did not comment. What a capture! And the mood lighting was perfect. What ISO?
03/02/2005 05:58:56 PM · #19
Originally posted by bear_music:

Jaysus, Zeus... Talk about capturing the moment...

Robt.


Ah yes, the fine art of posting.
03/02/2005 06:02:03 PM · #20
Originally posted by jbsmithana:

..What ISO?


100 ISO, lol.

It was taken in broad daylight. I felt a little romantic lighting was in order considering the intimacy of the event. ;-)
03/02/2005 07:08:57 PM · #21
Originally posted by zeuszen:

Originally posted by jbsmithana:

..What ISO?


100 ISO, lol.

It was taken in broad daylight. I felt a little romantic lighting was in order considering the intimacy of the event. ;-)


Zeuszen thanks for the fine sense of decorum. Great capture. Sometimes it is better to let the imagination fill in the details.
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