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Nervous

by Jim DeWitt

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted July 26, 2012421 views3 comments
Olympus E-5, 300mm x 2.0 TC, tripod
f10, 1/500, ISO200

This juvenile Bald Eagle and Common Raven were willing to share a power pole perch, but the raven was noisily nervous about it. You can see many of the primary and secondary feathers are still growing in; I'm surprised the eagle could fly.

75% of full frame. Selective sharpening.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 27, 2012 at 5:19 PM
Begrudgingly so, although the juvenile eagle seems above the fray :wink:
Interesting post Jim! :toast:
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Comment posted by Carl Battreall on July 30, 2012 at 1:28 PM
The raven probably knows that the eagle is just a punk kid, I doubt he would be so willing with an adult eagle. I know if I was learning to fly and land a power pole would not be my first choice as a landing spot!
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 1, 2012 at 2:30 PM
Congrats on the WP!
Sandy
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