More Sharp Birds
Here are a few more eagles, all from 2025, doing eagle things, followed by some other birds that happened to come within camera range. No abstraction here.
First: This mature Bald Eagle is trying to get comfy on a post with anti-bird quills.
Second: An immature eagle dries out.
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A nearly mature eagle warms in the morning sun.
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Dew drops sparkle on an eagle's inner feather dislodged during preening, .
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Other species:
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Hummingbird on a rain day:
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A peregrine falcon drops off its perch and then quickly transits the yard:
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Kingfishers appear suddenly and move fast. The merged sequence shows one kingfisher. They are a challenge to photograph in flight.
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This perched kingfisher stares intently at the young eagle about 10 feet away.
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Black Turnstones flash their white undersides:
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A solo gull sweeps past.
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After a lifetime of mainly expressing myself with words, my postings here will mainly rely on images. They will speak for themselves to some extent, but I'll usually add a few comments of explanation. I've taken photographs for decades, since the 1950's, inspired in part by my father's photographic skill. Four years of photo assignments and quality darkroom time eventually gave way to decades of casual and family picture-taking. I re-immersed myself when I left film and turned to digital.