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Eagles on the Mulberry River

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Posted by Tom Kennon on February 24, 2013 at 10:35 PM
Eagles on the Mulberry River
I got out on the lower Mulberry today to search for eagles. We must have see at least 30 eagles and counted 25 flying in one spot! These guys are pretty smart and move just out of range most of the time, but I caught this one in this photo flying over my boat just close enough to get some detail. I had to shoot this from the boat in the middle of the river. The Specs on the shot are below.

I am planning on going back and setting up camp to get closed shots.

Canon 50D
ISO 1600, F5.6
1/1250 sec
Canon 100-400 at focal length of 340
shot is cropped
Posted by Tom Kennon on February 24, 2013 at 10:39 PM
Here is one more shot from today.
Posted by Ken Bachman on February 25, 2013 at 6:06 PM

That must be thrilling to see! Good luck with your plan to get closer shots.
Thanks for sharing.
Posted by Bill Dark on February 26, 2013 at 1:53 PM
Nice work with these, Tom. Great light and shooting angle. Looking forward to more!
Posted by Rod Kissinger on February 26, 2013 at 2:48 PM
Nice shots under difficult circumstances. Did you guys get snow?
Posted by Tom Kennon on February 26, 2013 at 3:20 PM
Rod, we got about 5 inches of snow in Fort Smith last Wednesday, none with the latest storm.
Posted by Darren Huski on March 1, 2013 at 5:16 AM
Very nice. Seeing eagles is always fun.
Posted by Jan Harrison on March 4, 2013 at 9:12 PM
First is my favorite. I hope to see more in the near future.
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on March 7, 2013 at 10:11 AM
That's a good number of eagles Tom. I was hoping to add some shots of eagles to my portfolio this winter but up until the last couple of weeks it's been too warm so they weren't congregated in small spaces.