Young eagles know how to fish too

It's always fun watching an eagle cruising along, and then spying his next meal in the water below him. They usually make a hard turn as they apply the air brakes, and then come in to make their grab. This young guy had it down pat.
1. Target acquired

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Nice set, all great shots but really like the last one

Great set Ian always like the flight of the eagles.

Great stuff Ian

Great job keeping up with the action Ian! Very nice set, totally entertained with the play by play!

This is an excellent sequence! Keep it up!

Very nice set, Ian! I especially like #5 and #8.

Great set Ian, Number 4 does it for me. He sure seems to have attitude.

Excellent set as usual, Ian.

Excellent series.

m52 wrote in post #17944985
Nice set, all great shots but really like the last one

Thanks very much Randy.

budcam wrote in post #17944994
Great set Ian always like the flight of the eagles.

Thanks Dan...there are a lot of fish in the bay right nw so the activity level was high.

Pondrader wrote in post #17945024
Great stuff Ian

Thanks much Jeff.

SJC from VT wrote in post #17945050
Great job keeping up with the action Ian! Very nice set, totally entertained with the play by play!

Haha, thanks Sandy.

PhotosGuy wrote in post #17945054
This is an excellent sequence! Keep it up!

Thanks Frank, I hope this is a good year.

Melissa6 wrote in post #17945072
Very nice set, Ian! I especially like #5 and #8.

Thanks Melissa.

Keith Newton wrote in post #17945085
Great set Ian, Number 4 does it for me. He sure seems to have attitude.

He did! Thanks Keith. Here's one more I didn;t have space for that shows more attitude...

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ldn323 wrote in post #17945233
Excellent set as usual, Ian.

Thanks Linh, much appreciated.

Peter2516 wrote in post #17945257
Excellent series.

Thanks Peter!

The gulls were busy too with smaller fish; I think the smelt are still in the bay, which no doubt are attracting the larger ones. The eagles were watching this activity verrrrry closely. There were also a lot of seals enjoying the fun.

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Nice action set Ian!

Great set Ian. ISO 2000! was the light poor?

mandokid1 wrote in post #17946112
Nice action set Ian!

Thanks very much Denis.

Red Dexs wrote in post #17946642
Great set Ian. ISO 2000! was the light poor?

Thanks a lot Red. No, it was a bright day as you can see from the bright blue sky, but when he transitioned down lower on approach and I had the riverbank as the background, it did get darker. I use all manual settings except Auto ISO and it does a good job of adjusting.

very nice Ian- this is why they call you the eagle whisperer. almost didn't recognize your work without the gray sky and falling snow