{"id":131091,"date":"2023-03-03T05:19:54","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T12:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=131091"},"modified":"2023-03-04T12:38:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T19:38:38","slug":"bloody-beaked-bald-eagle-skimming-low-over-the-sagebrush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/03\/bloody-beaked-bald-eagle-skimming-low-over-the-sagebrush\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloody-beaked Bald Eagle Skimming Low Over The Sagebrush"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plus a highly unusual perspective on my shooting location.<\/p>\n

Yesterday morning I found ravens, magpies and two Bald Eagles scavenging a carcass of some kind that I couldn’t see from the road because it was hidden in a shallow depression. Both eagles spooked as I drove closer but one of them circled around and came back very low to the ground prior to flying over the carcass again and eventually landing farther away.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 500, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

The nearly adult eagle’s low and slow approach to the carcass allowed me to get dozens of sharp flight shots as it skimmed over the sagebrush and other vegetation. Some of the magpies and ravens had small amounts of blood on their beaks but compared to the eagle they were clean and pristine.<\/p>\n

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Not only was the eagle’s beak bloody, it also had bits of flesh and gore stuck to the top of it (more easily seen in some of my other photos).<\/p>\n

I haven’t yet had time or opportunity to review and cull yesterday’s photos, much less process those that I like, so this morning I’m only posting one of the eagle shots. I may be posting more of them in the future but I have other interesting photos from yesterday I’ll be posting too.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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PS -My jaw doesn’t drop easily but this video of Northern Utah and Great Salt Lake taken by ISS (International Space Station) at 7:57 yesterday morning made it happen. When the video was taken by ISS, and when I was photographing this eagle, I was very near the remote shore of the lake in its northeast quadrant (the video orientation is skewed so true north is at upper left – more left than upper). If you squint really really hard, maybe you’ll be able to see me waving at you…\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

So if you’d like a window into my cold and snowy world from 248 miles above Great Salt Lake, here’s a link to the video<\/span><\/span><\/a>. Be sure to watch it full screen, hopefully on a big screen rather than a mobile device. It… is… impressive.<\/em><\/p>\n

Note: 248 miles is the average elevation of ISS. As you’d expect, it varies.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Plus a highly unusual perspective on my shooting location. (2 photos)<\/p>\n

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