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superdiver
28th of June 2007 (Thu), 20:09
We have an eagles nest next to our house, but the eagles dont get too close to our house too often, which is probably a blessing for our cats and small dogs....LOL

Anyway, when they do get close to the house, the second they see you they take off. Well this am when I got up about 6 and the sun had already been up for 2 hours, I saw this young guy on one of the logs on my beach. I laughed knowing that as soon as I would open the slidder on my badroom deck he would fly away. Well he didnt, and he stayed even after I shut the door when I came back in. So I went and put my gear together and went back out on the deck in my skivies and took these pictures....

1.
http://superdiver.smugmug.com/photos/167632244-L.jpg

2.
http://superdiver.smugmug.com/photos/167633067-L.jpg

3. Caught him blinking....LOL
http://superdiver.smugmug.com/photos/167631918-L.jpg
ZipDude66
28th of June 2007 (Thu), 20:53
Shooting eagles in your underwear now that's the life. Super pictures David!
hTr
28th of June 2007 (Thu), 20:55
This looks to be more than a 1st year bird with the amont of white on the neck.

Nice Set David
EZRider
28th of June 2007 (Thu), 22:21
How cool is that! Sweet shots :)
canonloader
28th of June 2007 (Thu), 22:57
Look at that feather pattern! Beautiful. Almost doesn't even look like a Bald Eagle. Could this be a Golden Eagle Juvie?
superdiver
29th of June 2007 (Fri), 00:07
Well, I am no bird expert, and even though we "DO" have goldens up here they are rare...and with an eagles within view of the house and having never seen a Golden (in the wild) here I am pretty sure its a bald eagle...

But like I said, I am NO expert...if someone with more avian knowledge then me says its a Golden then I would certainly defer to them...
superdiver
29th of June 2007 (Fri), 00:10
Sorry, double post....
scnapper
29th of June 2007 (Fri), 02:33
Beautiful bird. Getting great shots is making he most of your chances so well done.
kenyc
29th of June 2007 (Fri), 05:57
Well Done!

KAC
stefeb
29th of June 2007 (Fri), 06:10
Great shots.
canonloader
29th of June 2007 (Fri), 07:51
Well, I am no bird expert, and even though we "DO" have goldens up here they are rare...and with an eagles within view of the house and having never seen a Golden (in the wild) here I am pretty sure its a bald eagle...

But like I said, I am NO expert...if someone with more avian knowledge then me says its a Golden then I would certainly defer to them...

Well, I have seen hundreds of Bald Eagles here and have never seen that color or pattern on any of the juvies here, and we don't have Goldens here other than a rare passerby. But I found these shots on Google and it looks quite similar to what you have photographed. So with that, I'm going to say you have a Golden there. Still just an educated guess though. :)

Look down the page to Fig. 6.

http://www.americanbirding.org/pubs/birding/archives/vol36no3p278to283.pdf
EZRider
29th of June 2007 (Fri), 08:54
Only one way to tell for sure........

More pics... Give us more ;)


Again great shots either way!
Stefan A
29th of June 2007 (Fri), 09:37
Those are some great shots. It's always nice to get an unexpected shot and have it turn out so well.

Stefan
wlaramie
29th of June 2007 (Fri), 10:15
Geez the Eagles come off the endagered list and they are being exposed to a flasher :lol:
Great shots and I'm so envious that you have that opportunity to have such magnificant beauty at your doorstep.
morehtml
29th of June 2007 (Fri), 10:30
Looks like some nice shots here!
OiPaz
29th of June 2007 (Fri), 11:07
Tje first one is a very beautiful shot. :)
pttenn
29th of June 2007 (Fri), 12:26
Amazing luck for you! Wow, nice!
Karen
superdiver
29th of June 2007 (Fri), 15:10
Well, this am I got up at five to take my kids to basketball practice. After GETTING DRESSED today I went and look out on the beach to see if the eagle was back. This time there were two young ones.

But get this, one of my cats (of which my wife is certain will be eaten by said eagles) was STALKING the eagles on the beach! By the time i saw her, Hollis had both feet in the creek (which isnt 8 feet at its widest as you can see where the eagles are still standing i the creek at the same spot where they were when the cat was about to eat them) and she was all crouched down ready to pounce just a few feet from the eagles. Now my cats do a number on the local wildlife, but to take on an eagle, now that cat has some cajones, and VERY little brains....LOL

Anyway, here is a not so good shot of the eagles after my wife called the cat away. She wouldnt wait for me to get my camera to shoot the whole event!?!?! I just wanted some cool pictures, whats wrong with that? I bet you all have NEVER seen a cat pounce on an eagle. i tried to explain how cool that would be,, but she wasn't having any! She called the cat back before i could get my camera stuff together...!

Anyway, here are the two eagles next to each other....I still think they are Balds cuz the goldens I have seen are smaller...

http://superdiver.smugmug.com/photos/167858233-L.jpg

http://superdiver.smugmug.com/photos/167858754-L.jpg

And here is a picture of Hollis, know from this day hence as Eagle Slayer...or maybe Bait, depending on the outcome....LOL

http://superdiver.smugmug.com/photos/167859227-L.jpg

Again, sorry about the shots, they were all quick to show as part of this story....LOL
canonloader
29th of June 2007 (Fri), 15:22
These look like Bald Eagles. But that brown one does not look like the same bird as in your fist images.
dr_richt
29th of June 2007 (Fri), 15:27
I'm not a bird expert but it looks like a immature bald eagles. Out here in Dutch Harbor we have a lot of eagles and a ton of immature bald eagles These pictures looks just like the eagles we have here.

Love the shots and the story with the cat!!
superdiver
29th of June 2007 (Fri), 19:46
These look like Bald Eagles. But that brown one does not look like the same bird as in your fist images.


You are right, I dont think they are the same birds. The one that was on the log was much closer then the rest of the immature baldies we usually get, plus they dont stick around when they are people as close as I was.
superdiver
29th of June 2007 (Fri), 19:49
I'm not a bird expert but it looks like a immature bald eagles. Out here in Dutch Harbor we have a lot of eagles and a ton of immature bald eagles These pictures looks just like the eagles we have here.

Love the shots and the story with the cat!!

They show up in so many different feather patterns that I have to believe it is a Baldie just cuz thats the VAST mojority of eagles we get here as well...

As far as the cat goes, from now on I am NOT going to tell the wife if I see it again and see what kind of pictures I can get! I am SOOO bummed I didnt get a shot of the cat about to pounce on a predator 2 or 3 times its size.....LOL