{"id":46741,"date":"2017-03-16T05:50:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T11:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=46741"},"modified":"2017-03-16T06:55:34","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T12:55:34","slug":"golden-eagle-in-overhead-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/16\/golden-eagle-in-overhead-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Eagle In Overhead Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a perspective on a Golden Eagle that’s new to my blog.<\/p>\n

Over the years I’ve posted a fair number of Golden Eagle photos where the bird is either perched or has recently taken off. But this may be the first time I’ve included images of them flying high overhead.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I photographed this juvenile three days ago in Box Elder County. These shots were taken late in the morning and overhead shots of raptors taken that time of day generally don’t appeal to me because their underside is deeply\u00a0shaded with little detail. But on this day I had a little\u00a0better detail there than usual so I thought these images were worth posting.<\/p>\n

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1\/1250, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This photo clearly shows the distinctive white wing patches and tail base of the juvenile. Those “bulging secondaries” are also unique to the first year bird. The wingspan of this species can be up to 7.5′ and that incredible length combined with the bulging secondaries must give juvenile Golden Eagles an absolutely amazing total wing surface area – one reason they can soar effortlessly for hours.<\/p>\n

I took 136 photos of this bird and it had its beak open in nearly every one of them. I’m not sure why it was open\u00a0in the beginning of the session but later on it may have been its reaction to an intruder.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This Common Raven (and a second one to a lesser degree)\u00a0persistently\u00a0harassed the eagle\u00a0and the larger bird wasn’t happy about it. I never heard the eagle screaming but perhaps the open beak\u00a0was a threat. Eventually the eagle was driven off.<\/p>\n

Perhaps one day I’ll get\u00a0frame filling shots of a Golden\u00a0Eagle in flight in\u00a0the early morning so there’s better\u00a0light under the wings. The chances for that are low however because the thermals they soar on don’t build up until later in the day when it warms up.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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This is a perspective on a Golden Eagle that’s new to my blog.<\/p>\n

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