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Thursday (10/23/14) one of the Pt. Edwards eagles flew out of its nest just as I pulled up. I managed a few grab shots out the window of my car.
i did not see the eagle at Marina Beach, which did not surprise me as wind surfers were present. I found the eagle at the piling off the Senior Center by the ferry dock, another of its regular perches.
I was looking at the nest through the 5DIII + 100-400L telephoto zoom + 1.4x teleconverter and never saw the eagle. Upon detecting movement, I instinctively snapped away and only tried to focus on the eagle during the last few shots. I could only hope that the shots were in focus.
It was late afternoon and I was shooting straight up with no exposure compensation, so the eagle's bright white head was a bit over exposed in some of the shots.
Friday (10/24) I ran into Janine down at Marina Park. Janine said that both of the Pt. Edwards eagles are back. The female was perched on the piling eating a bird that Janine thought was a rhinocerous auklet.
The male was watching from the family tree at the end of Pt. Edwards Place.
The female took off and perched on a branch above the railroad tracks before I could set up the super telephoto package of my 5DIII + 500L + 2x teleconverter on the tripod.
I got the super telephoto package set up after the male flew down from the family tree and finished off the bird. Janine said she has observed this behavior before, which is probably as close as they get to sharing food.
Late Wednesday (11/12/14) I went to Marina Beach to photograph the sunset. I was juggling two cameras and four lenses as the sunset + the arrivals of two eagles & the 4:30pm Seattle-Everett Sounder all took place at the same time.
I had attached my 4.0/70-200L medium zoom to the 7D in preparation for shots of the 4:30pm Sounder when one of the Pt. Edwards eagles landed on the piling with a fish at sunset. I got these grab shots.
One of the Pt. Edwards eagles saw the juvie and flew out to "greet" it.
The juvie began flying back north. The adult over took and passed it.
The adult landed on its usual perch near the ferry dock and screeched at the juvie as it flew by. I got to the north end of the pier to watch the adult pose.
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