Winter Raptors 2015
Pacific Northwest Birds of Prey (and Prey)
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Great Blue Herron having a bad hair (feather) day...
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Immature Red Tail hawk doesn't seem bothered by me being across the field.
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Immature Bald eagle facing the setting sun and stiff breeze.
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Low winter sun does a good job of highlighting this Bald Eagle.
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A rough Legged hawk perched where I saw one all of last year, but this one is banded. Perhaps the same bird?
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Nearly mature Bald Eagle.
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One afternoon, every tree top in Edison, WA had an eagle perched on top.
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In its usual location, my favorite Rough Legged hawk.
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Immature Red Tail hawk (yellow eyes) was perched by the road. I snapped this through the open window while driving home.
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Mature Red Tail hawk must have just finished a meal. Stunning.
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A squadron of geese coming in for a landing.
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Snow Geese from the artic. It's an amazing sound when they lift and start circling the fields.
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Picking out an individual to photograph is harder than it would seem.
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Detailed close-up of an eagle with a dirty bill from feeding.
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Snow Geese circle with Mt. Baker and the Sisters Range in the distance.
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I never tire of taking headshots of Bald Eagles... even on a windy day.
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San Juan Island has its share of resident and wintering eagles.
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A nice look at the underside torso of this huge raptor, but not a technically good image.
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One of a dozen we saw up by Roache Harbor.
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Peregrine Falcon fledge on the Cape Foulweather cliff near Depoe Bay, OR.
