Right Place, Right Time (the eagle & the seagull)
Jan 15, 2019 09:39:22 #
I was so excited to be able to (unexpectedly) capture these images! I was on the beach with my husband, snapping shots of him fishing, when all of the sudden I looked up and this was happening! The eagle had the seagull, which I thought was cool enough, but then he dropped him and recaptured him! (I had no idea an eagle would even eat a seagull.) He then took him to his perch and all we saw were feathers flying (while another eagle sitting in a tree nearby looked on.) These are cropped considerably; (too much???) I was using my 70-200 lens.
Jan 15, 2019 09:46:16 #
Jan 15, 2019 09:48:38 #
The last shot looks like the eagle has the seagulls. Is that true or just a branch?
Jan 15, 2019 09:48:42 #
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Jan 15, 2019 09:51:09 #
Jan 15, 2019 09:51:19 #
Wow. You were in the right time and place. Excellent captures. In all my years of living in seagull and eagle land, I have never been lucky enough to see this. You are right about the feathers flying. It looks like snow falling when the eagle plucks a seagull.
Jan 15, 2019 09:52:31 #
JRFINN wrote:
The last shot looks like the eagle has the seagulls. Is that true or just a branch?
Yes, he had the seagull. He recaptured him and took him to the tree and had him for dinner!
Jan 15, 2019 10:00:48 #
wbchinook wrote:
Wow. You were in the right time and place. Excellent captures. In all my years of living in seagull and eagle land, I have never been lucky enough to see this. You are right about the feathers flying. It looks like snow falling when the eagle plucks a seagull.
Thank you! My husband was standing near me trying to draw my attention to the crane that was REALLY wanting his fish, unaware of what was happening over our heads. I wasn't even sure of what I had just seen- I couldn't tell what it was for sure- until I came in and loaded them on my computer. My husband couldn't believe he missed it! (he LOVES eagles).
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Jan 15, 2019 11:09:24 #
Eagles are notorious thieves. I watched an eagle fight an osprey for dinner stole the osprey's lunch. Of course I didn't have a camera ready for that. First time I heard of and eagle taking a sea gull home for dinner. Well there ae plenty of gulls...
Great shots! Thank you for sharing.
Bob
Great shots! Thank you for sharing.
Bob
Jan 15, 2019 11:24:58 #
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