A majestic bird

A lucky grab shot caught this eagle with it's wings fully extended as it swooped over my location. They will not allow you to get this close when they are on the ground.

Heading home after a photo session. (3 of 3)

This gentlement is the one with the blind on the water's edge. He spent 5 and a half hours in the blind with nothing but a candy bar to eat. He also has a $10,000 camera outifit, plus the blind and accessories. If I get to see him again I'm going to ask him if he's a pro. Maybe I'll see his photos in some camera magazine!

He uses a full frame Canon digital and a Canon 600mm F/4.0 IS and a 1.4X teleconverter. 

Real dedication (2 of 3)

This guy arrived and set up his blind before sunup in order to be in the best position to get closeups of the eagles. Technically, he is trespassing, as you are not supposed to go of from the roads in the Famington Bay Waterfowl Management Area (FBWMA ).
He told me he got some great shots before all the people arrived. (I was one of those!)

I love to photograph the birds, but I'm not that gung-ho.

A few serious bird photographers (1 of 3 photos)

Bald eagles are coming into a small a bay to feed on some dead carp. The word has gotten out and the "birders" have come to take photos. Each of the camera outfits in this photo cost about $10,000, and none of these photographers are, to my knowledge, professionals. I feel like a novice when I take my little Canon !00-400mm lens out of my camera bag in this group. I think they are saying, "What is he doing here?" But they are all very nice. 

Those Hawks will eat anything!

A Swainson Hawk dines on a dead carp (which it is also standing on!) while a Great Blue Heron watches. Herons will not eat carp for some reason, though the hawks and eagles have no such compunction. 

I'm right behind you!

Seagulls hovering over a small bay filled with dying carp that have been poisoned by the Utah Wildlife Management guys. The carp have to be systematically thinned out or they crowd out the other fish. 

Bald Eagle over Farmington Bay

A beautiful Bald Eagle soars over the Farmington Bay WBR searching for lunch.