Bald Eagle, Alaska

Bald Eagle, Alaska

Bald Eagle; Kachemak Bay, Alaska

I’m leaving a web host that I’ve been with for 10 years and creating a new site elsewhere for displaying my photos.  It’s slow work because the size and resolution for all the photos is different from the old site.  It’s been good in one way though.  After ten years, I have come to the realization that some of the images don’t deserve to be on the new site.  Others do, but need to be processed not just from a master file, but from scratch because I don’t think I did a very good job processing them previously.

I’ve made the first go-round for Birds and Mammals (I’ve barely begun the Landscapes Portfolio) and I’m now digging a little deeper in my photo catalogs.  Here’s a bald eagle photo that I didn’t put up in the first round, but I think I will.  (Good day to post a bald eagle image.)  If you’d like to take a look at what bald eagle images I have up so far you can click here.

Bald Eagle Anniversary

Photo of a bald eagle flying into the sun.
Sweet Success!

Each year on or about this day I post a photo of a bald eagle to recognize and celebrate the fact that five years ago today the Fish & Wildlife Service announced that the bald eagle in the lower 48 States had recovered enough to be removed from the list of threatened and endangered species.  We almost lost it due to DDT and other persistent pesticides.   Thanks to Rachel Carson, the Endangered Species Act and other factors, the story of the bald eagle in the lower 48 was a story of success.  The same can be said for other species like the osprey, which was also hurt by DDT.  Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work out that way.

Bald Eagle Banks Left

Photo of a bald eagle turning left.
Bald Eagle; Kachemak Bay, Alaska

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.

Bald Eagle Grabs a Fish

Photo of a bald eagle grabbing a fish from the water.
A bald eagle grabs a fish from Kachemak Bay, Alaska.

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.