{"id":11764,"date":"2013-01-22T06:53:01","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T13:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=11764"},"modified":"2013-01-22T18:39:08","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T01:39:08","slug":"just-a-shot-that-i-like-29-adult-bald-eagle-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/22\/just-a-shot-that-i-like-29-adult-bald-eagle-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Just A Shot That I Like… #29 – Adult Bald Eagle In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bald Eagles are a winter tradition in northern Utah.\u00a0 Many hundreds of northern birds spend the winter here and for much of that time they’re dispersed over wide areas looking for easy pickings –\u00a0carrion in particular.\u00a0 But when concentrated food sources become available they can\u00a0occasionally be found in large numbers.<\/p>\n

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This sometimes happens at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area when refuge personnel treat the ponds with rotenone to kill the damaging and invasive carp.\u00a0 When conditions are right, Bald Eagles congregate there for the carp feast.\u00a0 This bird was cruising the area\u00a0around the second bridge looking for fish.<\/p>\n

Some years, when temperatures are frigid and other food sources are\u00a0unavailable,\u00a0provide great opportunities for birders and photographers but last year wasn’t one of them.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The winter was warm and food was available elsewhere so the eagle numbers were down significantly.<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see what happens over the next few\u00a0weeks…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bald Eagles are a winter tradition in northern Utah.\u00a0 Many hundreds of northern birds spend the winter here and for much of that time they’re dispersed over wide areas looking for easy pickings –\u00a0carrion in particular.\u00a0 But when concentrated food sources become available they can\u00a0occasionally be found in large numbers.   \u00a01\/4000, f\/8, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, natural light This sometimes happens at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area when refuge personnel treat the ponds with rotenone to kill the damaging and invasive carp.\u00a0 When conditions are right, Bald Eagles congregate there for the carp feast.\u00a0 This bird was cruising the area\u00a0around the second bridge looking for fish. Some years, when temperatures are frigid and other food sources are\u00a0unavailable,\u00a0provide great opportunities for birders and photographers but last year wasn’t one of them.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The winter was warm and food was available elsewhere so the eagle numbers were down significantly. It will be interesting to see what happens over the next few\u00a0weeks… Ron<\/p>\n

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