African Fish Eagle

Gallery: AvianPosted October 15, 2014191 views11 comments

Here's a shot from our recent Chobe, Botswana extension. This African Fish Eagle took off from the bank with this large strand of weeds, we weren't sure if it was lining for it's nest or not, if anyone knows if they line their stick nests with fresh material let me know. I liked the image partially because it's different from the usual fish eagle fare with well fish in their talons.

Canon 5D3 500F4 1/4000 F6.3, iso 800, manual exposure, handheld from boat

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11 comments

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on October 15, 2014 at 6:53 PM

That is a unique flight pose Nate, well done. That's quite the load he's carrying there. I like the wings up position and it looks like you handled the whites great. The large image shows fantastic detail in that facing wing. Sweet shot!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on October 15, 2014 at 9:03 PM

Very cool shot Nate...sure hope I see one of these some day. Like the wing position and of course the nesting material is great.

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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on October 15, 2014 at 11:57 PM

Excellent capture Nate ! The white looks very good. The larger version shows the details on the wings very well.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on October 16, 2014 at 3:37 AM

Sweet flight capture of this beauty Nate

Excellent wing position, excellent detail and I like the trailing vegetation too.

Would be great if you could bring a few these beauties with you to the Hood Canal next year

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 16, 2014 at 4:54 AM

Nate,
This certainly makes a nice change from the "usual" fishing shots. I have never looked very closely at a Fish Eagle's nest (too high up

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But I think that like most raptor nests they are largely a pile of twigs.

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Comment posted by Martin Dunn on October 16, 2014 at 7:28 AM

Lovely capture of a magnificent bird Nate.
Chobe sure has plenty of them

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on October 16, 2014 at 11:41 PM

Love the the wing position, Nate and clean background. The cargo makes this image unique. Nice light. You may consider decreasing the brightness in the head and breast a bit to get a some more details.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on October 17, 2014 at 7:08 AM

Classic Nate - you can almost feel it powering forward

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on October 17, 2014 at 10:11 AM

You've captured nicely the effort the bird is making to haul that hunk of junk. Very good exposure of difficult whites in difficult light.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on October 17, 2014 at 2:33 PM

The perfect pose given that it's trailing all that nesting(?) material. Very nice, Nate.

Max

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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on October 21, 2014 at 11:06 PM

Amazing, esp handheld from a boat. You must have the hands of a surgeon. Great image.

lucy

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