Eagle parenthood…

When I took the feature photo I wondered if it would be only photo I’d get today. But the eagles came through again.

I wasn’t as prepared to wait out the eagles today, I had no trike to sit on and no tripod. And yet I was there quite a while. I enjoyed a conversation with another watcher, and I declared that if I left I just knew that something would happen right away, and I’d miss it. But all I had seen by then was the adult on the eggs was rustling around a bit. I hoped that meant that it was time for a changing of the guard. I saw her pop her head up, but I didn’t realize she was calling to her mate until I saw the pictures on the iPad. The other watcher left, and yes, in a few minutes the action began.

I thought I saw the other eagle possibly flying in, so I rolled the zoom back out a bit, looking for one to land, and started shooting. I didn’t realize I’d caught the eagle on the nest as it headed out.

Suddenly the second eagle was just above the nest, and sounding off. But after just a minute or two it flew down to the nest.

The burst mode on the new camera gave me at least 15 pictures of this descent into the nest.

I haven’t gotten many shots of eagles in flight so this sequence made me happy,

He landed on a branch, not on the nest as I had expected.

Once the new eagle had settled on the nest I looked to see if the first eagle had landed anywhere nearby. She stayed only a minute or two and she was off.

While waiting for something to happen I was a bit hopeful that the eggs had hatched already, if only because I thought that there would be more activity to see. Soon I think…

2 thoughts on “Eagle parenthood…”

Beautiful! Eagles are so regal but i really love your feature photo!

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naturecoastimagesblog says:

December 29, 2022 at 7:48 am

Yes, I thought those berries were so pretty and expected the birds to be feasting. At least one little guy came by at the right time.

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