Snow Eagle

Gallery: AvianPosted January 13, 2014117 views4 comments

The eagles along the Mississippi look for open water in order to fish. On a couple of days during my trip to Wisconsin, the temperature dipped to 15 below zero. As a result, some of the normally open water areas that are sheltered, froze over. I saw this particular eagle digging in the snow and ice covered river looking for a meal. Not sure what he found, but I suspect it was a bit of frozen fish left over from a previous kill by another eagle or possibly an otter.

Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D
Canon 200-400 f4 L IS
1/400 s
f8.0
ISO 100
Focal Length 560 mm

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on January 13, 2014 at 11:07 PM

Nice job dealing with the bright snow and an interesting behavior shot. If this is full frame I might experiment with a closer crop to bring out the eagle. I like that you do not see any other foot prints in the snow.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 13, 2014 at 11:07 PM

Nice, Jerry. All that smooth snow really sets off the Eagle. Looks like the blue from the snow may be carried over as a blue color cast on the Eagle.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on January 15, 2014 at 7:54 AM

Good detail and interesting behavior, really like the piece of fish caught mid-air Jerry..
I'll bet the -15 temps made eating frozen leftovers a challenge for the eagle.
Well done

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on January 18, 2014 at 10:46 AM

The larger version here is nice to look at. Sharon

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