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Friday morning (12-2-16) one of the Pt. Edwards eagles was perched on the piling off Marina Beach.
It made several silent, serious yawns or swallows, behavior I never before seen in eagles.
Daren and I then drove to the marsh, where one of the eagles flew in from the direction of the ferry dock and scared up a large flock of herons.
By the time I swapped my 5DIII to the 500L telephoto and 1.4x teleconverter and mounted them all on the tripod, the eagle had already flown over to the fish hatchery to dry off.
A friend reported seeing eagles working on the nest located on the grounds of the old Boeing estate in Woodway. The nest can be easily seen from the parking lot of the new Deer Creek park on Woodway Park Rd. I checked out the nest Friday afternoon (12/16/16) and found an eagle perched by the nest. Time will tell if the eagles lay eggs there.
I ran into several birder/bird photography friends Tuesday afternoon (12-20-16) at the fishing pier. One was Janine, who said the eagles were putting on quite a show. With the very high morning tide, they were flying at nearly eye level past the pier as they hunted fish.
One eagle dived just a few feet off the fishing pier. I didn't get any shots of the dive, but I got some as it flew south past the pier to eat its prey on the breakwater of the marina. I think it had gotten an undersized crab that a crabber had thrown back into the water.
A crabber on the pier threw out a turkey leg he had been using as bait, which attracted a gull. The eagle saw the gull and flew back north to quite literally take the bait. As (bad) luck would have it, my camera broke focus just as the eagle snatched the leg out of the water.
The eagle flew to one of its usual perches by the ferry to eat the bait.
Thursday afternoon (12-22-16) Daren and I looked for eagle action.
One eagle was at what I am now calling the Deer Creek nest off Woodway Park Rd. in Woodway.
The Pt. Edwards nest was empty.
The best action took place at the marsh when one of the Pt. Edwards eagles flew in and landed by the creek, all the time accompanied by an evil minion of the Dark Lord.
The eagle remained long enough for me to drag out the 500L telephoto + 1.4x teleconverter and mount them on the 5DIII and tripod at the #2 viewing platform. It stayed by Willow Creek, located at the south side of the marsh. This did not bother the nearly 15 great blue herons, which were sitting at the north side of the marsh.
The eagle took off east in the direction of the fish hatchery, then made a semi-circle back west around the marsh and flew over the herons, which needless to stay scattered them.
Friday (12-30-16) Daren and I ate lunch in the pickup at the marsh. Someone who had just been to waterfront told us that one of the eagles was perched near the ferry, so I kept an eye out for it to fly over to the marsh.
The lack of reaction by the herons was very interesting. It appears they have lost their fear of the eagle as long as it remains a certain distance from them.
After a few minutes the eagle took off and flew towards the herons, which prompted them to flight. Again, their behavior was surprising. Instead of retreating towards the marina like they usually do, they remained aloft for just a few minutes then landed back at their original location as the eagle flew south around Pt. Edwards.
What better way to celebrate National Bird Day than to take photos of our national bird. Thursday morning I found one perched in a tree by a frozen Sprague Pond at Mini Park in Lynnwood.
The eagle drew the usual attention from the evil minions of the Dark Lord.
It flew across Cedar Valley Rd. to a tree at Scriber Creek Park.
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