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The Eagles section contains over 150 images of Bald Eagles from Alaska, Bosque del Apache Refuge in New Mexico, Brackendale Eagles Refuge in British Columbia, Canada, and Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. It is separated into sections based on location, plus a compilation of portraits from each page.
The Eagles Index contains sample images from each page and display composites linked to the pages, along with images of a Golden Eagle, African Fish Eagles and two large M-sized Bald Eagle portraits.
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Raptor Section Index
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Images in this section are in a number of different Galleries on the Photoshelter website. The Banner below leads to the Raptors Collection where a Gallery can be selected.
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Eagles Red-Tailed Hawks Assorted Hawks Owl and Harrier Falcons & Kites Osprey
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Bald Eagle Juvenile X2788
A fourth year juvenile Bald Eagle perched among a dense group of cones near the top of a conifer alongside Silver Salmon Creek in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.
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Bald Eagle X2782
A Bald Eagle perched atop a tree in mid-afternoon.
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Bald Eagle X3891
One of a rare series of close portraits taken at eye level.
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Bald Eagle Takeoff Position X3897 M
A frontal portrait of the famous Bald Eagle takeoff position used by the US Postal Service.
All of the landscape (horizontal) large version images linked from the thumbnails are 1500 pixels wide. Portrait (vertical) images are 1200 pixels tall (1290 pixels with title bar). Images designated with an “M” in the shot number are 5:4 aspect ratio, 1500 x 1290 with a title bar, or 1500 x 1200 without a title bar. Some of the portrait images are also designated as “M”, and are 1500 pixels tall (plus the title bar).
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Bald Eagle Takeoff Position X3782
A Bald Eagle assumes the famous takeoff position adopted as a logo by the US Postal Service.
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The Alaskan Eagles page contains 48 portraits and flight shots of juvenile and adult Bald Eagles from Silver Salmon Creek on the Alaska Peninsula, near Cook Inlet in Lake Clark National Park.
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Bald Eagle Flight Study 3389 3890
A Bald Eagle in flight at Bosque del Apache, with the Chupadera Mountains in the distance.
A 1500 x 930 version of the SXL Composite image (4000 x 1865)
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Bald Eagle X9008
A Bald Eagle in flight, low over the marsh at Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge.
Bald Eagles in flight are most often seen at great distance over Bosque del Apache. This was one of the rare instances when an Eagle flew overhead at 100 feet, although it still required a 700mm lens, and framing the fast-moving bird was quite challenging.
Most shots of Bald Eagles in flight at Bosque del Apache are specks in the distance.
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Bald Eagle at Sunrise 4610 M
A Bald Eagle watches a magnificent New Mexico sunrise at Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge.
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Bald Eagle Close Portraits SXL
A 1500 x 1092 version of the SXL Composite image (4510 x 3125) showing three close portraits of a Bald Eagle at Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge, NM.
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The Bosque del Apache Eagles page contains 48 portraits, flight shots and flight studies of juvenile and adult Bald Eagles wintering at Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico.
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Images in this section are in a number of different Galleries on the Photoshelter website. The Banner below leads to the Raptors Collection where a Gallery can be selected.
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Eagles Red-Tailed Hawks Assorted Hawks Owl and Harrier Falcons & Kites Osprey
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Bald Eagle Catching Salmon 8598
A Bald Eagle catches a Salmon in the Squamish River at Brackendale Eagles Provincial Park.
With a solid grip on the neck of the Salmon, the Bald Eagle begins to drag its catch ashore. This Salmon is about twice the weight of the Eagle, and it required significant effort to land it.
Brackendale Eagles Provincial Park lies in the Squamish River valley in the Coast Mountains north of Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada. One of the most densely populated wintering areas for Bald Eagles in North America, it often has record numbers of Eagles (3769 in 1994).
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Bald Eagle with Salmon 8611 M
The adult Bald Eagle drags the struggling Salmon to the shore of Brackendale’s Squamish River.
This is a Chum Salmon. All five species of Pacific Salmon spawn in the Squamish River, beginning with Pink Salmon in July. Chinook, Coho and Sockeye arrive in August and September, and Chum are the last to arrive, returning to the river between October and December. Every year, 1000-2000 Bald Eagles congregate on the Squamish River from November to February to hunt Chum Salmon.
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Bald Eagle with Salmon 8634
After a significant effort, the Bald Eagle manages to drag the Salmon onto the rocks.
Bald Eagles primarily eat fish, although they take other waterbirds such as Grebes, Ducks, and Geese and occasionally larger birds such as Egrets and Herons. They have even been known to take Sandhill Cranes. They will also take other Raptors, such as Owls, Hawks, Osprey and Vultures. Eagles also eat mammals, such as Rabbits, Squirrels, and Raccoons, and even larger animals such as Deer fawns and Lambs. In some areas, Eagles eat Turtles, Snakes, Amphibians and some Crustaceans such as Crabs.
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Bald Eagle in Nest 0030
A Bald Eagle attends an enormous nest at the top of a dead tree in Yellowstone National Park.
This nest is over 9 feet in diameter and weighs more than 4000 pounds. It is one of four nests on this section of the Madison River. Bald Eagles reuse nests, adding to them each year, and they can be extremely large. The record nest in Florida was 20 feet in diameter, weighing nearly 6000 pounds.
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The Brackendale and Yellowstone page contains 48 images including Bald Eagles hunting Salmon on the Squamish River at Brackendale Eagles Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada and portraits of a Bald Eagle on an enormous two ton nest on the Madison River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
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Bald Eagle Juvenile X3050c
I love the facial expression of this juvenile Bald Eagle.
A detail crop of a 4th year juvenile Bald Eagle perched high atop a conifer near Silver Salmon Creek in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.
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Bald Eagle X3769c
A detail crop of an adult Bald Eagle perched atop a conifer near Silver Salmon Creek in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.
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Bald Eagle X6641 M
A 1000 x 1590 M-sized close portrait of a Bald Eagle, taken at 1/250 second, 850mm in February at Bosque del Apache, NM.
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Bald Eagle X3895 M
A close portrait of a Bald Eagle taken at eye level on a stump at the edge of a field of sedge grass, where Silver Salmon Creek meets the beach at Cook Inlet, Alaska.
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The Bald Eagle Portraits page is a compilation portfolio containing 40 images from other pages within the Eagles section, including some images which are not present on the other pages and several portraits of an African Fish Eagle and a Steller’s Sea Eagle, the world’s heaviest raptor.
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Images in this section are in a number of different Galleries on the Photoshelter website. The Banner below leads to the Raptors Collection where a Gallery can be selected.
Direct Links:
Eagles Red-Tailed Hawks Assorted Hawks Owl and Harrier Falcons & Kites Osprey
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Below are two Bald Eagles which are only on this page, and a few others which are also shown on the Portraits page, including African Fish Eagle portraits and a Steller’s Sea Eagle.
Bald Eagle X6597 M
A 1000 x 1590 M-sized close portrait of a Bald Eagle, taken at 500mm near the Farm Loop at Bosque del Apache, New Mexico.
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Bald Eagle X6633 M
Another 1000 x 1590 M-sized close portrait of a Bald Eagle, this one taken at 850mm near the Farm Loop at Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge, NM.
These two portraits are only displayed on this page, but there are more on the Bosque and Portraits pages.
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Bald Eagle HS1858
An adult Bald Eagle on the ground, taken in deep shade near sunset.
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Bald Eagle HS1996
Another portrait of an adult Bald Eagle on the ground, taken in deep shade near dusk.
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Steller’s Sea Eagle 6059
The Steller’s Sea Eagle, named after the German naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller, is the world’s most massive Eagle at 11 to 20 pounds. It is the largest of the Haliaeetus Eagles (the genus containing Bald Eagles), and one of the largest of the Raptors. They have an exceptionally large beak, and their skull is the largest of any Eagle. Generally found on the Kamchatka Peninsula and other parts of Eastern Russia and Japan, they occasionally migrate to Alaska and along the North American west coast. They feed on fish, primarily hunting Salmon, Trout and Cod in shallow waters.
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Golden Eagle 7571
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Golden Eagle 7577
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A late juvenile Golden Eagle, taken below Mount Ranier in Washington State. Golden Eagles have a longer tail and a smaller head than Bald Eagles, with a dark gray, black-tipped beak. They have a wingspan of up to 9 feet, larger than the span of the typical large Northern Bald Eagle female at 8 feet, but they are lighter than Bald Eagles in general. Golden Eagles primarily prey on mammals.
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African Fish Eagle HS6468
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African Fish Eagle HS6454
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The African Fish Eagle (also called the African Sea Eagle) is another white-headed Eagle with a white tail, but unlike the Bald Eagle it has a snow-white breast and lives in sub-Saharan Africa instead of North America. It has a yellow beak and cere (the soft structure housing the nostrils) with a hooked black tip. The featherless face is yellow. It primarily feeds on fish, but will also take waterbirds, reptiles and other prey of opportunity.
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African Fish Eagle HS6463
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African Fish Eagle HS6374
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The African Fish Eagle is the National Bird of Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Sudan.
African Fish Eagle HS6455 M
A close portrait of the elegant African Fish Eagle, a sea eagle common near freshwater lakes and rivers of sub-Saharan Africa.
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Bald Eagle Close Portraits SXL
A 1500 x 1092 version of the SXL Composite image (4510 x 3125) showing three views of a Bald Eagle at Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico.
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Raptor Portraits SXXL A 1547 x 1200 version of the SXXL Composite (6511 x 5050).
Eagles and Hawks
Steller's Sea Eagle; Cooper's Hawk; Bald Eagle; Golden Eagle; Dark Rufous Morph Red-Tail Juvenile; Intermediate Morph Red-Tail; Light Morph Red-Tail Juvenile; Light Morph Ferruginous Hawk.
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Images in this section are in a number of different Galleries on the Photoshelter website. The Banner below leads to the Raptors Collection where a Gallery can be selected.
Direct Links:
Eagles Red-Tailed Hawks Assorted Hawks Owl and Harrier Falcons & Kites Osprey
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