I was glad to capture a bald eagle taking off yesterday. Here were the sequential shots:
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Sequential Shots of Bald Eagle in Action
These are the sequential shots of how a bald eagle snapping a fish out of the water. It’s a challenge to watch the bald eagle flying over the river and dive all the sudden to catch the fish out of the water and fly away.

Love is in the air…..
I’ve photographed many birds and wildlife and occasionally caught their intimate moments. For instance, I’ve photographed great blue herons building the nest on the secluded tree top mating and raising the chicks. During our trip to Custer State Park in South Dakoda last September, we […]

Time to Build Nest …
Three weeks ago, I took this bald eagle picture flew over my head toward the electrical transmission tower carrying a big tree branch for nest building. It’s a rare sight other than snatching fish from the water. I remember I posted a similar picture last […]

Bald Eagle Catching Fish, Again
An adult bald eagle weighs 10-14 pounds and it’s amazing that it can lift a fish up to four pounds from the water and sometimes with only one powerful talons. It’s a challenge and also fun to capture (with camera) what they capture. No wonder so many […]

How A Bald Eagle “Rob” A Fish
I have witnessed bald eagles fighting over fish many times and usually saw fish being dropping in the water or on the land (for vultures’ benefit) until yesterday when I went back to Conowingo Dam for more eagle photographing. I have to admit when I […]

Good Job, Junior!
A sequential shots showing a juvenile bald eagle caught a fish in the river below Conowingo Dam, Maryland yesterday (2016.10.28.)

Mate Calling by A Bald Eagle
At a bald eagle nest in Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, I heard a mate calling and soon the mate appeared and here are some pictures I took with the pair together.

The Look
A fierce look of a bald eagle guarding and consuming his kill on a tree.

A Juvenile Bald Eagle
A juvenile bald eagle enjoying his/her sashimi breakfast on the tree

Hot Pursue
Being opportunists, bald eagles seem to enjoy stealing fish from others more than catching from the water by themselves. It’s exciting to watch and challenging to capture with the camera.

A Bald Eagle Dives for A Fish
Bald eagle usually snatches the fish near the surface of the water as shown on the featured image. But this one did a hard way by diving into the water to grab the fish and hurrah, a success! Bald eagle is known to be drown this […]