{"id":1309,"date":"2011-02-01T07:24:29","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T14:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.wordpress.com\/?p=1309"},"modified":"2011-05-29T16:08:29","modified_gmt":"2011-05-29T22:08:29","slug":"the-bald-eagle-and-the-fish-hook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/01\/the-bald-eagle-and-the-fish-hook\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bald Eagle and the Fish Hook"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last week while looking for Golden Eagles to photograph in the Promontory area at the north end of the Great Salt Lake we came across a group of adult and juvenile Bald Eagles feeding on a sheep carcass.\u00a0 The light angle was bad for photography but we couldn’t resist taking a few shots anyway.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"Bald<\/p>\n

Bald Eagle with fish hook in bill<\/em><\/p>\n

We were quite close to one adult and when it flew off I instinctively fired off a few shots, despite the poor light.\u00a0 When I got home and looked carefully at those images I could clearly see this gold fish\u00a0hook embedded in the base of the eagle’s bill.\u00a0 This bird was apparently feeding normally and I suspect that the hook will not cause it significant problems while it’s in Utah for the winter feeding on carrion.\u00a0 However I am concerned that, because of the position of the hook in front of the eyes, the hook will interfere with effective forward vision for fishing after it heads north in March.\u00a0 I hope it falls out or rusts off before that although I’m not sure if “gold” fish hooks rust at all.<\/p>\n

An internet search shows that fish hooks are an ongoing problem for both Bald Eagles and Ospreys.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

\u00a0 Last week while looking for Golden Eagles to photograph in the Promontory area at the north end of the Great Salt Lake we came across a group of adult and juvenile Bald Eagles feeding on a sheep carcass.\u00a0 The light angle was bad for photography but we couldn’t resist taking a few shots anyway.\u00a0 \u00a0 Bald Eagle with fish hook in bill We were quite close to one adult and when it flew off I instinctively fired off a few shots, despite the poor light.\u00a0 When I got home and looked carefully at those images I could clearly see this gold fish\u00a0hook embedded in the base of the eagle’s bill.\u00a0 This bird was apparently feeding normally and I suspect that the hook will not cause it significant problems while it’s in Utah for the winter feeding on carrion.\u00a0 However I am concerned that, because of the position of the hook in front of the eyes, the hook will interfere with effective forward vision for fishing after it heads north in March.\u00a0 I hope it falls out or rusts off before that although I’m not sure if “gold” fish hooks rust at all. An internet search shows that fish hooks are an ongoing problem for both Bald Eagles and Ospreys.\u00a0 Ron<\/p>\n

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