Birds!

Time to brag about my wife's Uncle Alan and his great nature photography. I do this every now and again by showing off a sample of his work and encouraging you to go and visit his website. Lots of info on the little birdies (and big birdies) as well.

I present:

Yes, I am a bad-ass! So, do not even THINK of messing with me.

This one is an example of chowing down on the fly. :-) If the food is small enough, the eagles will eat it mid-flight, not wanting to waste any time landing and all. Some of us can relate as we stop by our local fast food restaurants and grab the burger/taco/hot dog Du jour. Invariably making a mess on your brand new shirt or pants. At least the eagle's slop will just fall harmlessly to the river, or land that it is flying over. Harmless unless you happen to be under it, of course.

This one is just creeps me out a little, because it looks like a vulture. Which just means, to me at least, to not get in it's way while he/she is on the hunt. How do you tell if an eagle is a male or female? I really have no idea, maybe you can find out at the site. Maybe you should go check it out. Just maybe. :-)

Last one from the eagle parade... Here's looking at you, kid!

For those that aren't eagle-centric, here is a hummingbird. This picture serves two purposes, one it shows you a hummingbird (duh!), and second, it is a break from the cold weather. Not too many of these guys/gals will be around here in the -10 degrees of fun! I must confess though, it is no longer that cold, on the way in this morning, the car thermometer said 36! Woo Hoo! Don't fret it won't get above twenty next week. Lovely.

Here is a male and female cardinal. I love the lines of this bird, I think it is one of the coolest birds out there and I am proud to have a couple of cardinal families in my backyard. Too bad I don't care too much for their baseball and football teams...

These next two pictures of a Red-tailed Hawk, are pretty interesting. He/she had some, I think they were sparrows, harassing it. Probably because he/she got too close to their nest. Anyway, my wife's uncle said he never saw anything like this, when the sparrow actually was flying on the hawk's back. And he has pictures to prove it.

That's it, for now. If you want to see more, just mosey on over to here. Or you can wait a few weeks, and I am sure that I will post more.

Have a great day!!

Eagles vs Eagles...

...With a little coot to boot!

Some more photo's from that photograher that loves to do what he does. :-)

Here are a couple of juvenile Bald Eagles, fighting over an afternoon snack -- coot!

Pretty cool acrobatic moves, don't you think? I imagine the video of this "epic battle" would be fun to watch. Then comes along an adult that is looking for a snack itself...

So the juvies split apart, and mamma or maybe dadda, swoops in and, you can see the result.

Okay, that's not really what happened, at least not with this whole series of photos. I picked and chose a couple to make a "story" however, this does actually happen in the wild, where the adults come along and steal the juvenile catch/lunch.

As always if you want more info go here.

See ya!!

Eagles!!!

More from Jenni's uncle. He takes great pictures and I will always plug his work, so if you want to see more, ho here. You will see some great pictures and even learn a thing or two, unless you already know about them birdies. :-)

Sorry Benjy, maybe the other Eagles (from Philadelphia) will be represented at a later date.