This stump is the perfect perch to advantage of the dead carp buffet.Bald Eagle (Immature)Haliaeetus leucocephalusBear Swamp PoolBombay Hook National Wildlife RefugeKent, County, Delaware, USAOlympus OM-D EM-1 Mark IIOlympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 IS LensOlympus M.Zuiko Digital 1.4x Teleconverter MC-14Olympus RAW file26 July 2022#1stPixBHNWRPhil's 1stPix Instagram Phil's 1stpix InstagramPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist-Observation Map iNaturalist: ObservationsPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist- Species Grid iNaturalist: Species
With a bunch of dead fish washed up with the tide, this bank along the Leipsic is the place to be for the resident eagles. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalusBombay Hook National Wildlife RefugeKent, County, Delaware, USASony a7 IV (ILCE-7M4)Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS LensSony 2.0x TeleconverterLightroom 6.14Topaz DeNoise AI1 May 2023#1stPixBHNWRPhil's 1stPix Instagram Phil's 1stpix InstagramPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist-Observation Map iNaturalist: ObservationsPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist- Species Grid iNaturalist: Species
No sense practicing on sparrows... go big or go home.Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalusBombay Hook National Wildlife RefugeKent, County, Delaware, USASony a7 IV (ILCE-7M4)Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS LensSony 2.0x TeleconverterLightroom 6.14Topaz DeNoise AI1 May 2023#1stPixBHNWRPhil's 1stPix Instagram Phil's 1stpix InstagramPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist-Observation Map iNaturalist: ObservationsPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist- Species Grid iNaturalist: Species
All said and done, there won't be much left of this fish.Bald Eagle (Immature)Haliaeetus leucocephalusBear Swamp PoolBombay Hook National Wildlife RefugeKent, County, Delaware, USAOlympus OM-D EM-1 Mark IIOlympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 IS LensOlympus M.Zuiko Digital 1.4x Teleconverter MC-14Olympus RAW file26 July 2022#1stPixBHNWRPhil's 1stPix Instagram Phil's 1stpix InstagramPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist-Observation Map iNaturalist: ObservationsPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist- Species Grid iNaturalist: Species
With all these free meals to choose from, you can't blame these eagles for stocking up while they can. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalusBombay Hook National Wildlife RefugeKent, County, Delaware, USASony a7 IV (ILCE-7M4)Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS LensSony 2.0x TeleconverterLightroom 6.14Topaz DeNoise AI1 May 2023#1stPixBHNWRPhil's 1stPix Instagram Phil's 1stpix InstagramPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist-Observation Map iNaturalist: ObservationsPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist- Species Grid iNaturalist: Species
If you call ahead, your meal will be ready and waiting.Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalusBombay Hook National Wildlife RefugeKent, County, Delaware, USASony a7 IV (ILCE-7M4)Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS LensSony 2.0x TeleconverterLightroom 6.14Topaz DeNoise AI1 May 2023#1stPixBHNWRPhil's 1stPix Instagram Phil's 1stpix InstagramPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist-Observation Map iNaturalist: ObservationsPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist- Species Grid iNaturalist: Species
A reboot, using some more refined editing, a little Topaz Denoise AI, along with the magic words that a wandering gypsy once told me by the light of a full moon.Bald Eagle (Immature)Haliaeetus leucocephalusBear Swamp PoolBombay Hook National Wildlife RefugeKent, County, Delaware, USAOlympus OM-D EM-1 Mark IIOlympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 IS LensOlympus M.Zuiko Digital 1.4x Teleconverter MC-14Olympus RAW file26 July 2022#1stPixBHNWRPhil's 1stPix Instagram Phil's 1stpix InstagramPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist-Observation Map iNaturalist: ObservationsPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist- Species Grid iNaturalist: Species