Axeman, Bald Eagles

[Napper]

A couple of Bald Eagles from Axeman!

Used an old version of Photo Shop. It is cropped, resized and sharpened only.

Partial quote from Axeman
   

"Hey Napper,

It's me Axy -- Axeman

Sorry it took me so long to send these along. I was hoping you might be able to post them....I am not particularly tech savvy and I can never seem to post any pix. And the pix certainly aren't the same quality as many of the board members post.

I have attached a couple of pix of a pair of BE's feeding on a dead deer in field "

Napper

[Shortsighted]

Engaging shot, especially the way it is cropped.
Bald eagles are fish eaters, but hey, it's Christmas ...
nothing wrong with surf-and-turf .... it's eagleatarian.

[Dinusaur]

Great BE shots - it must have taken the eagles a few days to consume the whole deer and Axman got a front side view of it the whole time. Well, Bald Eagles are scavengers; they will eat almost anything with meat on it. Not so long ago I saw 35 Eagles in a landfill site, north west of Bracebridge - but that discussion is for another day.

[Axeman]

Thanks everyone! (And esp. Napper for posting it for me...I can't seem to upload pix.)

The deer had been in the field for about a week before the eagles showed up. At first it was a solo bald eagle. Then a golden eagle showed up for a day -- the bald eagle perched in a nearby tree and then finally the pair of bald eagles. They fed on it for about 2 weeks. There had also been a few ravens and of course crows.

[Axeman]

I do have a photo of a BE nest  -- they had nested in it for 5 years. The nest was near Clifford / mount forest. Unfortunately this past spring we had an incredibly gusty windstorm and the nest was destroyed. A cracked egg was found near the debris.