"Soars like an Eagle"

Thanks for looking!

Really did not know what category it should fall under. It's made up from

two shots, so I guess it belongs here.

Jim j.

Nice photo.  Soars like an eagle.  The apostrophe marks an elision, a missing letter, and there is none there.

Thanks,

Guess I was day dreaming about photography during that English class!

No, you are correct and I apologize!

Correction made!

Thanks,

Jim j.

The wideness and glory of mother nature so well shown Jim, bravo my friend!

Best regards

PDE

Thanks for the visit!

Yes, this was the shot I envisioned, but was not possible without using two images. The Buzzards that catch the updrafts from the side of this cliff just would not cooperate and fly by when the light was good and coming through the clouds! Go figure!

Thanks again Pierre!

Jim j.

Jim,

I like it.  I have never seen an eagle in the wild, but hoping to do so this Fall.  There are eagles about an hour North of me and I am told they are there between October and March.  

Yes, I know the Bald Eagles seem to disappear from around here during the late Spring, and reappear in the Fall for the most part. However, until last years Missouri River flood, the area where I had been visitiing supposedly had several nesting pairs that stayed year around according to the "local residents," and had been there for several years!  But, I've been up there five times since the area was re-opened in mid March and have not seen even one!

In the winter of 2010 when I got my few Bald Eagle shots, I had once counted 37 in one tree across the Oxbow lake. And we're talking along the Kansas-Missouri border! 

I do hope they return this Fall and that the flooding hasn't driven them away!

I also know of a nest within just a couple of miles from where I live that is actually in the timber along the shore of the Missouri River and there has been a pair that have nested there the last three years, but they also seem to leave shortly after the juveniles learn to fly. (The nest is visible in the Fall & Winter, but it's at least a half mile away and inaccessible.)

I can tell you from experience, . . . "The wild Bald Eagles are very, very "Human" aware!"

You can get within a couple of hundred yards of them if you remain in your car, but if you're afoot, . . . take the biggest, longest lens you've got!

I have pretty good "hunting skills" and, it's always a challenge! Even with a hide!

BTW, although I have observed Eagles at this lookout where this shot was taken in the Fall & Winter, the subject here is a Buzzard/Vulture of some sort and not an Eagle.

Hopefully this Fall will tell if the Eagles will return since the flood! And, if they do, . . . I'd be glad for the company!

Regards always dear friend,

Jim j.

Beautiful work!

A beautiful result with very nice lighting and colours, Jim!

Fantastic capture, well seen. Vivid colors!  Thanks for a  friendly visit! 

  Greetings, Maria

Jim,

  Wonderful capture with beautiful colors & lighting.  Take care, Patsy

Beautiful well displayed capture Jim. So majestic. They truly are amazing birds.