Amazing shots Kat. A couple of them are really great. I really like the ones of the eagle just landing or just taking off with its wings spread. The scene in the second photo (of the second batch of photos) you posted really grabs my attention.
I've only seen a Golden Eagle up close once. It was hanging around my yard in the Santa Barbara foothills harassing a couple of red tail hawks that lived in the eucalyptus trees along the creek at the bottom of our yard.
Impressive birds, both in their size/stature and in their aggressiveness. I understand they're pretty rare around these parts although there used to be some living out on the Channel Islands National Park. Apparently they moved in on the islands after the Bald Eagle population crashed. In recent years the Goldens were captured and relocated from the islands as part of an effort to reestablish the bald eagles on the islands and support island fox repopulation efforts. The Goldens would prey on the island foxes which are about the size of small house cats.
© Beartooth Media Group Inc.
Loading...