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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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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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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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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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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Canon 7D
Canon 100-400 1:4.5-5.6 L IS @170mm 
1/2000-second exposure @F5
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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(Updated -- 03-09-2010) I had originally thought this was a Bobcat, but have since been told by several people that this is in fact a Canada Lynx which is even more rare. I feel very fortunate to have gotten this shot. (Original Post slightly updated): Shot of a Canada Lynx  taken at work today (03-08-2010). The Lynx is in Glacier National Park at this point. The railroad tracks are between US Hwy. 2 and Glacier National Park. The park boundary is only 50 feet from the tracks all along this section. This 12 mile section of remote railroad track can only be accessed by rail this time of the year. This Canada Lynx crossed in front of me as I was traveling to a signal location that needed to be checked. I had just enough time to grab the camera and get off a few shots as it scampered up the side of the mountain/rock ledge. I don't know their habits but am wondering if they are territorial as I saw a very similar looking animal Canada Lynx / Bobcat at this location about a year ago (no photos that time).

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Canon 7D
Canon 70-200mm 1:2.8 L IS @ 200mm
1/80-second exposure @F8
No polarizer..
ISO 100
No tripod..
Adobe DNG Converter - 15 to 25% smaller files average.
RAW / DNG file processed with Aperture 3

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Shot taken 03-06-2010 between West Glacier and Essx, MT. The ridgeline on the righthand side of the frame is Glacier National Park to the north. The Middle Fork of the Flathead River is between me and the park,  any land on the south bank of the river is either forest service or private property.

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Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 16-35mm 1:2.8 L II @??
1/8, 1/30, .5 - second exposures @F8
No polarizer..
ISO 50
Medium Gitzo tripod..
RAW file processed with Aperture 3
HDR file processed with Photomatix Pro 3
TIFF file processed with Photoshop CS4

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