Posted by Danny Green on March 27, 2009 at 7:01 PM
I was over the moon to get this behaviour of a wild Golden Eagle during my recent trip to Norway. I have never seen it before by a wild bird only by captive Eagles. He was protecting his prize because an adult white tailed eagle was flying overhead.
Canon 1DS MK11, 500mm lens, 1.4x, 1/640, F5.6, ISO 200
A very nice peace of work Danny. You captured this behaviour very well.
They don't call you the lucky ba**** for nothing
Ed
Posted by Craig Jones on March 27, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Beautiful image of this supremely elegant raptor, one of my biggest wishes is to photograph these birds, The light is nice, the beak open shows it's distress at the presence of the white-tailed eagle,resulting in this rarley seen 'Mantling' brillant well done danny
Posted by Mark Davies on March 27, 2009 at 7:56 PM
You need an ASBO putting up images like these , just leaves us plebs oh so jealous.Are you sure that White Tailed wasn't a night heron? LOL
Posted by Dawn Monrose on March 28, 2009 at 5:41 AM
Stunning shot! It's all been said, great capture!
Posted by Tim Gregory on March 28, 2009 at 6:50 AM
One of the best Golden eagle images i've seen for a long long time and i've seen lots!
The pose is just pure hardcore, the look in the eye, open beak.. Very inspiring stuff Danny.
Posted by Simon Litten on March 28, 2009 at 7:12 AM
Posted by Barry Southon on March 28, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Danny
Wow that's cracker
Barry
Kansas
Posted by John Robinson on March 28, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Great stuff. !
Was this a pre baited site ? I presume it was.
Cheers
JR
Posted by Danny Green on March 29, 2009 at 6:32 AM
Hello John
Yes, Ole Martin has been placing out bait for the eagles for many years and this is a picture of the resident male that comes down most days. White tailed eagles also come down during the winter so on a good day you can get upto five eagles coming down. I would not get a chance to photograph this beautiful raptor in the wild in this country as the politics involved would be more or less impossible for me, as soon as you mention baiting raptors the phone goes dead for some reason. So you could either not bother or photograph a captive one but if I am honest I would sooner photograph a wild one, so Norway it is.
Danny
Posted by John Robinson on March 29, 2009 at 5:10 PM
Danny
Reminds me of a couple of years back . I asked for a licence to bait a Peregrine in the vicinity of a nest site with dead pigeon. . EN couldn't decide what the disturbance distance might be so they asked if i wanted a full nest licence. I was actually talking about something in the range of 3-400 metres away.
There's nothing to stop me baiting for Goshawk in my garden though.
They have taken my chickens in the past anyway.
Cheers
JohnR
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18 repliesCanon 1DS MK11, 500mm lens, 1.4x, 1/640, F5.6, ISO 200
Danny
They don't call you the lucky ba**** for nothing
Ed
The pose is just pure hardcore, the look in the eye, open beak.. Very inspiring stuff Danny.
Simon
An excellent capture.
Top drawer image mate
Regards
Rob
PS I'm going to send you a PM
Ian
cheers, Dennis
Dave
Wow that's cracker
Barry
Kansas
Was this a pre baited site ? I presume it was.
Cheers
JR
Yes, Ole Martin has been placing out bait for the eagles for many years and this is a picture of the resident male that comes down most days. White tailed eagles also come down during the winter so on a good day you can get upto five eagles coming down. I would not get a chance to photograph this beautiful raptor in the wild in this country as the politics involved would be more or less impossible for me, as soon as you mention baiting raptors the phone goes dead for some reason. So you could either not bother or photograph a captive one but if I am honest I would sooner photograph a wild one, so Norway it is.
Danny
Reminds me of a couple of years back . I asked for a licence to bait a Peregrine in the vicinity of a nest site with dead pigeon. . EN couldn't decide what the disturbance distance might be so they asked if i wanted a full nest licence. I was actually talking about something in the range of 3-400 metres away.
There's nothing to stop me baiting for Goshawk in my garden though.
They have taken my chickens in the past anyway.
Cheers
JohnR
Speak soon