While I’m not a wildlife photographer, unless taking pictures of my dog qualifies me as such, the idea definitely intrigues me! The first day we were on the island, it wasn’t more than 30 minutes before a Bald Eagle cruised over our heads. I was unaware that Whidbey Island is home to some 47 nesting pairs of eagles, so when I saw him float effortlessly by, I grabbed my camera and started shooting. This became an obsession as the trip wore on! I had my camera outside always, doing my best to keep an eye on it because nothing stops your heart like seeing a 3 year old running with a $3000 camera in his little sticky hands! So I kept on shooting and watching and through the week, I feel like I learned so much about these incredible works of God’s Creation. So here are some of my favorite eagle pics from the week.
Bald Eagles don’t get their distinctive coloring until they are 4 or 5 years old, so my guess is that the brown colored eagles I kept seeing were the young ones. Young or old, this guy was BIG! His wingspan was close to 7 feet and when he was perched, he seemed like he was 3 feet tall.
The bird on the left looked like he was just starting to get a white head of feathers.
It was incredible to observe and photograph these birds all week. For you photographers out there, I shot all of these with either a Canon 30d or 5d with a 70-200 f4L lens.
