I spent a few days in Ohio back in early June. This is a yearly trip to visit family. And that’s what most of it was about – visiting. Of course, part of the visiting where the “eagle hunts” with my father. We did two of them: one to McGee Marsh and the other, more local to my parents, to Old Woman’s creek.
Even though we saw a lot of the same types of things as usual, there were a few special things. Some I didn’t notice until I was looking at the photos.
I took quite a few pictures of a great Blue Heron in Lake Erie out at McGee. Later I discovered that a snapping turtle was right next to the bird. I can see the head in almost a dozen photos. Here is one. Can you see it?
There was an eagle doing strange aerobatics, I thought to avoid the flock of redwing blackbirds chasing it.
At one point it flew low over the water, even hitting it. It wasn’t until I was looking later that I discovered that it had a fish!
The eagle flew by at a high rate of speed. I didn’t see the fish until I was looking at the speed-blurred photos later. Can you see it?
A great blue flew in front of me, landed, then shook like a dog.
There are many other special points.
Here is a selection of photos, including those above. You can click on a photo for more detail. Once bigger, you can scroll through the photos.
Stunning phicture. Quite facinate!
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I didn’t see any eagles. Wow!!!
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They are magnificent birds. I always feel lucky when i see them.
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Awesome bird photographs – Your Bald Eagle is very similar to the Fish Eagle we have in South Africa and the Blue heron almost identical to our Grey Heron.
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Thanks! I looked up both of those birds and they are similar to our American counterparts. Here is a video of the differences between the bald eagle and the fish eagle; https://youtu.be/h_Dnj057Azg I had seen the grey herons before, but didn’t know anything about the fish eagles.
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Great video – thanks for sharing it. Both beautiful birds :-)
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They are.
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Wonderful, Trent!
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Thanks Sue!
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Trent these photos are breathtaking! To capture the eagle in flight and with a fish alongside a red wing- just marvelous!!! Thank you for sharing these I so enjoyed them
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Thanks! Being a bit of a photographer makes me go out and look at the world around me – which is great! I feel lucky to witness this.
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I know what you mean!
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As I see ;) (Just looked at your heron shots)
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Thank you so much, Trent. It is posts like this that remind me of what an amazingly beautiful world we live in. *sigh*. : )
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It is such a beautiful world :) That’s one of the things I love about photography, is that it forces me to actually look at it.
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Wow, absolutely stunning photos of the birds. Mid-flight too! They move too quickly to truly appreciate their beauty so a photograph of their movement is always wonderful to look at.
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Great photos!
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Thanks!
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