Eagles...

This is an assortment of eagle photographs from my collection. Most of the birds are bald eagles with an occasional golden eagle in the mix. Some of the images, while not high quality in their elements are interesting in the behavioral patterns of the eagles themselves and thus have made the cut to be displayed here.

Mature Bald Eagle perched.

Immature Bald Eagle on cottonwood branch.

Immature Bald Eagle in flight - 1

Immature Bald Eagle in flight - 2.

Mature Bald Eagle in cottonwood.

Mature female bald eagle with nestling in nest.

Bald Eagle soaring.

Mated pair in brood in nest.

Bald Eagle preening

Adult Bald Eagle in cottonwood snag.

Bald Eagle against the full moon.

Mature Bald Eagle on ice at the edge of the Kettle River in northern Ferry County, Washington State. This eagle has stopped for a drink after checking when another eagle killed and consumed a fish earlier in the day.

 

Mature Bald Eagle at edge of ice surveying area where other eagles have made recent fish kills.

Mature Bald Eagle perched in cottonwood snag near Kettle River in Okanogan Highlands region of Washington State, U.S.A.

Juvenile bald eagle perches in western larch snag along the shoreline of the Kettle River in northern Ferry County, Washington State, U.S.A.

PARENT & FLEDGED BALD EAGLE
This recently fledged eagle is in the process of learning from one of the parental birds as it ventures for on one of it's early flights. Location: Lake Roosevelt National Recreational Area, northern Washington State, U.S.A.

PARENT & FLEDGED BALD EAGLE
With smoother and practiced grace the parent eagle launches into the air, leaving the fledged youngster watching. American Eagle Info Site states that over 40% of first flights for young eagles are fatal.

Mature bald eagle in flight - Location: Lake Roosevelt National Recreational Area, northern Washington State, U.S.A.

Juvenile bald eagle in flight - Kettle River Valley, Okanogan Highlands, Washington State, U.S.A.

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This eagle, one of a mated pair, is landing on a perch to take up it's turn at guarding a nest with at least one fledgling present.

The nest is located in an old cottonwood snag along the headwaters of a small river in northeastern Washington State. I visited the site a number of times before catching sight of movement that confirmed there were eaglets in the nest.

 

Caught this image of the mated pair mentioned above during a rain squall with a northern wind ruffling their feathers. Not a comfortable day for eagles or photographer.

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