We have two contributors today, each with a few photos. Once again I’ll ask readers to send in their wildlife photos, as, save for Robert Lang’s Brazil pictures, we’re at an end. Readers’ captions are indented, and you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them.
Our first trio is from Sharon Diehl in Colorado:
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Pair atop Transform Tower #199, Wally Toevs Pond, Walden Wildlife Habitat, Boulder, Colorado. I have photographed this mated pair for years at Walden Wildlife Habitat, where they hang out atop the transform towers that overlook Wally Toevs Pond. They aren’t always successful breeders, but they keep at it, together year after year.
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) hunting at my backyard bird feeders–where, alas, it caught a bird–at least it was a Starling. I know the raptors have to eat, too:
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) on the Hornbeam tree I believe, waiting for the flicker to leave the suet feeder–my backyard, Boulder, Colorado:
. . . and more eagles from Mark Shifman
Obviously I’m not a biologist and these are backyard bird photos. This series is a bald eagle on the Cumberland River.
Excellent raptors! And a cute woodpecker, too!
Fantastic. I saw some pictures of eagles in Japan lately – they’re quite different. Quite rare apparently and mainly in Hokkaido. They have lots of hawks and owls however and Tokyo is infested with wonderful, scheming, loud crows.
My favorites are the condors of Sth America. Like the B-52s of nature!
Great photos – thank you.
D.A.
NYC
Thanks! I love the eagles. The third photo to the bottom is my favorite. The determination and focus is wonderful. That photo captures it for me.
A very good set! Thanks to both contributors.
Very nice! Thank you.
Nice photos, thanks!