These are beautiful, strong images. I want to live in the boat house. Thanks for posting.

Good pictures, great reminder. Thank you JohnnyG.

Coot....I think. Great photos Shane T.

Wonderful shots thanks for posting.

Thank you Phyllis and Pat.

Yes, it is a thrill. And when you know you have eye contact you can't help but wonder what he/she is seeing...you know it is a whole lot more than our visual capabilities. Thanks for your comments, Gator, I have great respect for your work.

Thank you rocco. You are so right, much in life seems to boil down to persistence.

a couple of hasty crops

Thank you john blue

Thank you, yes it is a beak that can make a living for him!

The Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex serves over half of the migratory waterfowl that travel the Pacific Flyway, literally tens of thousands of ducks and geese. These wetlands are also the home of many other birds including upland game, song birds and raptors. There are over 60,000 acres accessible by road. Visitors are required to stay in their vehicles over much of the complex but this is not a problem. The viewing and photography access is well served by gravel roads and cars actually make excellent blinds. I have visited this refuge every year of my adult life and never been disappointed. But this year was exceptional. I was treated to a Bald Eagle who tolerated my making over a dozen exposures. He was well aware of my presence (and, I think, his own photographic magnificence). I shot these through the open sun roof of our car, hand holding my Nikon D5100 with 55-300mm kit lens. These shots might have been a bit sharper if I had remembered to turn the engine off but I got kind of excited. Thanks Mr. Eagle you made my day.

Beautiful work in all aspects, great mix. More please, thanks for postion.

FATCADY indeed...GPS sporting at that. Great shots Ian, you really got the paint.

Just looked at the title of this topic. Typo; meant orthodoxy, fingers still fast, brain...not so much

Thanks Mark, i thought printing and non standard format would be an issue. I have several friend living on Vashon. Beautiful country.

Thank you for your thoughts marcomarks. I am aware of stitch-together software, but I have so many basic PP processes to try to get a handle on before I even consider processes on that level of sophistication. I appreciate your comments.