Overcast, Canon 400D, EF 100-400mm IS, 400mm, 1/200 @ f5.6, 400 ISO
(Kicks self for not having mentioned it previous) Fort Flagler State Park, located on the north end of the Olympic Peninsula's Marrowstone Island, is a great place for birds. There are at least three nesting pairs of eagles in (or very near) the park boundaries. Herons are frequent visitors, brants overwinter, kingfishers in relative abundance. There are seals and deer, coyotes, raccoons, otters, sea lions. Good distance views of the Cascades and Olympics when the weather cooperates (not so often lately), sea and shore birds in abundance.
No big waves, but a lot of wildlife . . . and a convenient snackbar in the summer.
'T any rate . . .
It's eagle mating season around here, and the juvies are being told to stay away. This one was perched on a washed-up cedar log when I arrived, but was startled away by a seal jumping out of the water. It then flew down to the beach, where a convenient bush allowed me to get fairly close before I started taking more shots.
It was one of "those" days for this youngster, because the next stop was a drift pole propped up by another cedar log, where a couple of crows provided a lot of harrassment, until the eagle finally decided there was more peace to be had standing on a sandbar surrounded by gulls.
Posted by John Goessman on March 16, 2008 at 7:53 PM
Nice shot and good information about a site that I've been meaning to visit, but haven't made the time. Perhaps next weekend.
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1 replies(Kicks self for not having mentioned it previous) Fort Flagler State Park, located on the north end of the Olympic Peninsula's Marrowstone Island, is a great place for birds. There are at least three nesting pairs of eagles in (or very near) the park boundaries. Herons are frequent visitors, brants overwinter, kingfishers in relative abundance. There are seals and deer, coyotes, raccoons, otters, sea lions. Good distance views of the Cascades and Olympics when the weather cooperates (not so often lately), sea and shore birds in abundance.
No big waves, but a lot of wildlife . . . and a convenient snackbar in the summer.
'T any rate . . .
It's eagle mating season around here, and the juvies are being told to stay away. This one was perched on a washed-up cedar log when I arrived, but was startled away by a seal jumping out of the water. It then flew down to the beach, where a convenient bush allowed me to get fairly close before I started taking more shots.
It was one of "those" days for this youngster, because the next stop was a drift pole propped up by another cedar log, where a couple of crows provided a lot of harrassment, until the eagle finally decided there was more peace to be had standing on a sandbar surrounded by gulls.