This site is dedicated to wildlife and landscape photography.
This site is dedicated to wildlife and landscape photography.
Three Eagles Out On A Limb
Time flies! It was 2009 when I went to Homer, Alaska, to photograph bald eagles with three friends from the Marin Camera Club, Dan Van Winkle, Kevin Westerlund and Gene Morita. Gene’s friend, John Isaac, joined us there. It was the last year Jean Keene would feed the bald eagles at her home on Kachemak Bay because she passed away that year.
Photographers from all over the world came to her place to photograph the eagles.
A bald eagle perches on a limb.
I was looking through some of my bald eagle photos from 2007 and decided to run this one through Photoshop again.
One bald eagle bites another.
I was happy to learn that this bald eagle image made the cut for the final round of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
Shortly after I retired in 2007 my friend Bob Gay invited me to join him and some friends in photographing bald eagles at Homer, Alaska. I took Bob up on his offer and I’m sure glad I did. The photography was astounding. I returned in 2008 and 2009. In 2009 I also took several boat trips across the bay from Homer to photograph bald eagles there. Thanks to the abundance of eagles there I have never photographed a species as much as I have bald eagles. Those trips were experiences I will always remember.
This immature bald eagle has monofilament fishing line caught in both of its feet. The artificial bait (shrimp) is still attached to the line. This is a recipe for disaster. At some point the line is going to get snagged on a limb or other object and, unless the bird figures out how to remove it, the bird is going to die. Unfortunately, fishing lines kill a lot of birds and other wildlife.
About this time each year I think of the trips I used to make in March to photograph bald eagles around Homer, Alaska. It was always a fantastic experience. This photo was taken in Sadie Cove which is on the far side of Kachemak Bay from Homer.
I took this photo in March of 2009 when I was driving back to Anchorage from Homer where I had been photographing bald eagles. Mount Redoubt erupted several times that month.
My trips to Alaska have always been for the purpose of photographing wildlife. Of course, Alaska is also well known for its beautiful landscapes. I’m feeling the need to go again — to photograph some of its great landscapes. If you’d like a print of this image you can order one by clicking here.
