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Still Waiting! Where's my breakfast!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_eagle

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Canon 7D
Canon 100-400 1:4.5-5.6 L IS @ 800mm 
Canon Extender EF 2x II 
1/13-second exposure @ F11 due to the 2x Extender
No polarizer..
ISO 100
Medium Gitzo tripod.. 
Adobe DNG Converter - 15 to 25% smaller files average.
RAW file processed with Aperture 3
NO Photoshop 

 Waiting to be fed!

Upload #2 -- In this shot notice the fish tail on the side of the nest (view large). They seemed like they were very well fed. Fat, happy and sleepy! 

I took this shot over a week ago, yesterday my sister called to say she came home and found one of the eagles feeding on a fish on the beach in front of her home. The eagle spooked but came back a few hours later to retrieve its catch, the fish was so big (20 to 24") that the eagle had a hard time trying to fly with it. She thought that the eagle was finally successful in getting it back to the nest.

I finally made it back to Coeur d'Alene over Memorial Day weekend to revisit the Bald Eagle nest. I was not disappointed! There are two eaglets in the nest although this shot does not show them both. If I get a few comments requesting more pictures of them I will post a few. As big as they are I wonder if they were in the nest last time I was there. There is a good picture on wikipedia of young eaglets. They look a lot different when first hatched.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_eagle

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Camera Info/Settings:
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Canon 7D
Canon 100-400 1:4.5-5.6 L IS @ 800mm 
Canon Extender EF 2x II 
1/13-second exposure @ F11 due to the 2x Extender
No polarizer..
ISO 100
Medium Gitzo tripod.. 
Adobe DNG Converter - 15 to 25% smaller files average.
RAW file processed with Aperture 3
NO Photoshop 

 I finally made it back to Coeur d'Alene over Memorial Day weekend to revisit the Bald Eagle nest. I was not disappointed! There are two eaglets in the nest although this shot does not show them both. If I get a few comments requesting more pictures of them I will post a few. As big as they are I wonder if they were in the nest last time I was there. There is a good picture on wikipedia of young eaglets. They look a lot different when first hatched.

I was in Spokane/Coeur d'Alene last weekend to visit my daughter and her husband. They just had their first child (boy). While I was there I spent a couple nights on Lake Coeur d'Alene with my sister. She took me out for a short hike above her home to show me this Bald Eagle that had just started nesting. I am hoping to hear back from her in a few weeks that the chicks have hatched. I will be making another trip or two out there to see if I can get some shots. Last year this same mating pair had their eaglets killed in this nest after they left it alone for a few minutes. Lets hope they do not make this mistake this year. I am hoping to post some more shots in the future if things work out. Wish me LUCK!!!

Good info on Bald Eagles here.......en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_eagle

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Camera Info/Settings:
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Canon 7D
Canon 100-400 1:4.5-5.6 L IS @ 400mm
Canon Extender EF 2x II
1/13-second exposure @ F11 due to the 2x Extender
No polarizer..
ISO 100
Medium Gitzo tripod..
Adobe DNG Converter - 15 to 25% smaller files average.
RAW file processed with Aperture 3
NO Photoshop 

Mountain Goats have started to come down to lower elevations for spring, summer & fall.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_goat

BlackMagic

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Camera Info/Settings:
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Canon 7D
Canon 100-400 1:4.5-5.6 L IS @400mm 
1/1000-second exposure @F5.6
No polarizer..
ISO 400
Adobe DNG Converter - 15 to 25% smaller files average.
RAW file processed with Aperture 3
Not Cropped!

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