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Donkees

(31,407 posts) Sat Dec 31, 2022, 04:48 PM Dec 2022

Bald Eagle - Haines, AK

David Sparks

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Bald Eagle - Haines, AK (Original Post) Donkees Dec 2022 OP

Stunning image. niyad Dec 2022 #1

So young RainCaster Dec 2022 #2

What a great photo! Grumpy Old Guy Dec 2022 #3

Now you have been given a much rarer opportunity seeing a visiting Snowy Owl :) Donkees Dec 2022 #5

That is true. Grumpy Old Guy Dec 2022 #6

Great shot!! WVreaper Dec 2022 #4

Absolutely Glorious! calimary Dec 2022 #7

Excellent capture! 2naSalit Dec 2022 #8

Young eagle. It takes around 5 years before their heads turn completely white. Emile Jan 2023 #9

niyad

(113,315 posts)

1. Stunning image.

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Sat Dec 31, 2022, 06:53 PM

Dec 2022

RainCaster

(10,877 posts)

2. So young

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Sat Dec 31, 2022, 07:02 PM

Dec 2022

Grumpy Old Guy

(3,168 posts)

3. What a great photo!

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Sat Dec 31, 2022, 07:06 PM

Dec 2022

I heard that Haines is a great place to photograph eagles. We had an eagle and bear watching trip booked there this last September, but it was cancelled due to the rockslide at the cruise line wharf in Skagway. It broke my heart

Donkees

(31,407 posts)

5. Now you have been given a much rarer opportunity seeing a visiting Snowy Owl :)

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Sat Dec 31, 2022, 07:35 PM

Dec 2022

Grumpy Old Guy

(3,168 posts)

6. That is true.

Reply to Donkees (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 31, 2022, 07:39 PM

Dec 2022

I'm working on some of those pics at this very moment. Everything came to a stop this week when that owl was discovered.

There is also an adolescent bald eagle visiting the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, which is only about ten miles from where the owl is hanging out. The birders are very busy in L.A. right now.