Very Cool!

GearHead_1

GearHead_1

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I went for a walk around the neighborhood last night. Mind you, I've lived around here all my life and in over 40 years I've never seen this sight in my hometown. Looked up into a tall tree and there as proud as can be was a Bald Eagle. He was there again today. I watched him for a very long time and he watched back with intent. Very cool indeed.
 
I hear you, GH. My wife and I pulled over and watched one for 45 minutes last week... at the mall! He was fishing a small pond, just sitting among the herons and egrets.

They are really spectacular animals. So glad to see the Bald Eagle recovering.
 
Last March their were about 50 nesting along the river near my home.

I got a picture of one but I only had a 250mm lens with me and since he would not let me get close my photo is not that great but this year I plan on taking one of my super telephoto lens and get a close-up shot of them.

In the past year I have got photos of Deer-Wild turkeys-Pheasant- Eagle
Buzzards Blue Heron.

I was going to upload a photo but I can't get it to work. :passout:
 
black bart said:
Last March their were about 50 nesting along the river near my home.

I got a picture of one but I only had a 250mm lens with me and since he would not let me get close my photo is not that great but this year I plan on taking one of my super telephoto lens and get a close-up shot of them.

In the past year I have got photos of Deer-Wild turkeys-Pheasant- Eagle
Buzzards Blue Heron.

I was going to upload a photo but I can't get it to work. :passout:
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Bart,

I was actually thinking about you and our previous discussion. I was really wishing I had that camera the other night. I was only about 80 ft. below him and with my binoculars could make it look as if I could touch him. The camera would have been great.
 
I spoke to a neighbor who lives right next to the tree where this Eagle was perched. He said that for the past 25 years Eagles come to this tree for about a month during this time of the year.

I grew up in this town until I was 19, I lived about 20 miles away for 25 years but recently built a home and came back. I still was over here visiting family a couple of times each week. It's kind of like I never left. This is a small town. There were only about 1500 people that lived here while I was a child. The population has grown to about 8000. I tell you this because it's the kind of place where you can literally know everything that happens in this town. I had no idea that these birds did this. It is only 10 blocks from where I lived as a child and about 3 blocks from where I currently reside.

We have a lot of Eagles and Osprey about 100 miles from where I live but I've just never seen them in this part of Utah. We have a pretty good sized lake/pond about a mile from where this Eagle was. It probably covers 50-75 acres. Utah Lake which is a very large lake is also not too far away. I'm sure that these lakes are their food source. I'll have something to look forward to each winter now that I know this. Something special about looking at a Bald Eagle.
 
GearHead_1 said:
Bart,

I was actually thinking about you and our previous discussion. I was really wishing I had that camera the other night. I was only about 80 ft. below him and with my binoculars could make it look as if I could touch him. The camera would have been great.
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Man I don't know how you got that close.

They are none around here now I guess they went south but they will be back in late March.
They will be nesting and I don't want to get too close and disturb them but since last fall I bought a 1300mm and a 3200mm lens so I can take a photo from a long distance with those.

I also have a Canon 100-400mm L series with a Canon 2x mkII tele extender for it and it is tack shape image if I can get within 500 ft. I can use it.
 
black bart said:
They will be nesting and I don't want to get too close and disturb them but since last fall I bought a 1300mm and a 3200mm lens so I can take a photo from a long distance with those.
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Those are some extremely long lenses....
 
Bunky said:
Those are some extremely long lenses....
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If I stack all 4 of my TC's I can get 11,468mm :D

This sort of thing is not recommended but on a bright sunny day you can make it work.

I have not tried that many but I probably will try it next summer I like to play around like that.

Last spring I set up with 4800mm and took a photo of a sign at the end of the road that I live on.

I just wanted to see how well I could make it work and at more than a quarter mile the photo clearly shows 2 bullet holes in the sign.

If you turn the ISO up high that will off set the large F stop from stacking the lens.
 
There's one that nests on a river I fish in the summer that supposedly will dive bomb you. I've seen the eagle, however I have never seen it dive on anyone before.
 
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