{"id":93593,"date":"2021-01-10T05:12:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T12:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=93593"},"modified":"2021-01-10T06:02:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T13:02:23","slug":"adult-bald-eagle-in-my-neighborhood-yesterday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/10\/adult-bald-eagle-in-my-neighborhood-yesterday\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Bald Eagle In My Neighborhood Yesterday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not quite a yard bird, but close.<\/p>\n

Yesterday morning I got a call from one of my neighbors up the street telling me about a Bald Eagle perched in a tree behind her back yard (thanks, Sabre). I hadn’t expected to be able to photograph an eagle in my neighborhood again because I had to have my own “eagle tree” removed<\/a><\/span><\/span> a couple of years ago so I jumped at the chance, slim as it was.<\/p>\n

I knew that getting a shooting angle on any tree behind Sabre’s house was likely to be difficult at best but as I always say “you never know unless you go”.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, 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

By driving around some winding streets I was unfamiliar with I was able to get a few clear shots of the eagle in moderately good light before bright white clouds moved into the background and ruined it. The setting is incredibly busy but that’s what I expected.<\/p>\n

The eagle was surprisingly tame. I had no choice but to be so close I had to shoot vertically with my teleconverter attached and there was a very noisy crew from Utopia Fiber Optic installing an internet connection to a house right in front of me but the eagle gave them no nevermind. A jogger came by and noticed my huge lens sticking out my window so he located the eagle and took a few cell phone shots of his own. He offered to “trade cameras” but I declined.<\/p>\n

When bright white clouds moved into the background I decided to document the scene using my own cell phone but that’s exactly when…<\/p>\n

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Cell phone photo<\/em><\/p>\n

the eagle decided to take off.\u00a0Here it can be seen in flight near the middle of the frame.<\/p>\n

That darn bird flew right over the top of my pickup, so close I could hear its wings whooshing and making me think I could almost reach up and pluck it out of the air with my left hand. I didn’t make the attempt because I didn’t want to lose any fingers.<\/p>\n

So none of the photos I got were much more than documentary shots but I’m glad to have them for two reasons. An eagle in my suburban neighborhood is always a treat and a memorable occasion and…<\/p>\n

I was able to get my first ever cell phone flight shot.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Note: I actually have many photos of the eagle that are sharper than the first one above but by then the bright white clouds had moved into the background so I still prefer this one.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Not quite a yard bird, but close.<\/p>\n

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