Bald Eagle

Went to northern Wisconsin and shot this Eagle from a boat (fishing) with the 400mm. The Eagle was interested in a Pike we threw back that was not in good shape. C&C welcome

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Another one, it's circling

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Awesome...always found Eagles incredible.

Come back for Christmas, there'll be hundreds along the river, sitting on the ice near an open hole, fishing. And they are already use to people.

Man they are a magnificant bird. Nice shots too.

Simply amazing Rathke.

Excellent shots of a Beautiful Bird. Very well done,

Exciting photo, sharp too...

Did you use a TC with the lens too?

Super fine Eagle shots. Envy is setting in again, I want to photograph Bald Eagles real bad.

Zip

nice shots, I was in Minnesota a few years ago, helping out the company I work for - I would got to Wabasha, or across to Alma, in Wisconsin, near the dam. would always see eagles... I wish I would of had the equipment I have now, when I was there...

canonloader wrote in post #2113038
Come back for Christmas, there'll be hundreds along the river, sitting on the ice near an open hole, fishing. And they are already use to people.

My folks live near Milwaukee. I'll have to try that. (Missippippi River?)

johnstoy wrote in post #2113305
Exciting photo, sharp too...

Did you use a TC with the lens too?

No Tele-converter on this shot. I lose auto focus.

amazing shots!!

great shots.

FYI you get get a tamron non pro TC and not loose AF. I havnt tried it personally, but ive seen the results from it and they werent too shabby.

rathke wrote in post #2115423
My folks live near Milwaukee. I'll have to try that. (Missippippi River?)

Yup, the river is about 2 miles from where I live in La Crosse. Quite a drive from Milwaukee, but you could make the round drip in a day.

From the south end of this town, which is spread out along the river for miles, it becomes very sparsely populated with several sets of locks and dams between here and Prarie Du Chein, 60 miles or so south. Below each dam, and even in shallow areas of the river where the current keeps the ice open, you will see whole flocks of Bald Eagles standing on the ice like so many Penguins. They apparently are either fishing, or hoping for one to jump out on the ice for lunch.

Especially below the dams, where the water is always open, people actually get out there in boats and fish all year long. Not sure how they do it, but these birds are not shy. This is the first year I've had a good camera and lens enough to shoot them, so I will be going down there often. There are spots along the highway where you can pull over and park, and walk or stumble down the bank to get close enough to count feathers and that's my plan.