We saw a few birds at Ding on this chilly morning. But, it was when we were back home that I had a chance to get a couple of action shots of eagles and ospreys. First the photos from Ding, starting with a pretty Little Blue Heron that posed then flew away.
Then, a Tri-Colored heron landed on the opposite side of the culvert.
There was one Roseate Spoonbill trying to ignore all of the photographers lined up waiting for it to do something exciting like fly toward them. But, it just seemed to want to take a morning nap while standing on one leg.
A few days ago, we rode our bikes over to the bay. The ospreys appeared busy building a nest. One of them wasn’t amused by my presence.
It’s not every day that you can stand on your front porch and see an eagle flying around with a fish in its talons (and luckily have a camera in your hands). And then watch it meet up with another eagle.
The eagle with the fish turned and slipped out of sight. I got one more pic of the second eagle.
Then, a few minutes later an osprey landed in the tree across the street. He seemed very agitated and I assumed it was because of the eagle activity.
This photo is grainy when I zoom in, but take a look at these talons! They look like they mean business. Yikes!
He flew away from the tree seeming to just soar on the wind and turning to come back to land in the tree, or so I thought.
While I was following the osprey with my camera, another osprey had landed in the tree that obviously belonged to the first guy! These two were pretty much in the same spot that the eagles had been in. It was an exciting morning!
One last eagle nest update. Occasionally, one or both of the eagles will visit the nest, but it doesn’t appear that they are going to try again this year. If the tree is still standing next year, maybe they will be successful.