February 26, 2014 in Bald Eagle
Made a productive roadtrip to Amesbury this morning looking for Bald Eagles mentioned in a Massbird post early in the month by Massbirder, and Amesbury resident, Kirk Elwell. Found two adults in a tall pine tree just back from Main St. along the river. A bit later one flew off and landed in a pine tree perch farther down river just east of Lowell’s Boat Shop. Although overcast and dark lighting…nice views of these beauties!
February 24, 2014 in Bald Eagle
While making a brief morning check along the Merrimack River, an adult Bald Eagle slowly flew upriver towards the Rt. 495 overpass on the Lawrence/North Andover line. The eagle made a few large gentle loops and then headed off in a SW direction. made every effort possible to capture underbody images to record the leg band but the lighting was not enough to make any certain leg band identification!
February 13, 2014 in Bald Eagle
In the middle of a heavy snow day, accidentally discovered this adult perched on the north side of the Merrimack River. To my surprise, just a short distance away, another adult was also perched. It was difficult to capture a sharp image due to lots of small branches in the way along with heavy snowflakes that can impact the autofocus function. It was also dark lighting conditions in the midst of the snowstorm! What a treat to upload the photos and observe the GPS transmitter antenna on the back of this Eagle!! No leg bands, which would allow for positive identification.
February 12, 2014 in Bald Eagle
Another sunny morning visit along the Merrimack River on the North Andover side to look at one of the adults perched on an overhang!
January 29, 2014 in Bald Eagle
During an unscheduled afternoon run out for a local errand, had a nice chance to observe a pair of Bald Eagles perched in a tree overlooking the Merrimack River in Lawrence just behind the ballfields located on Incinerator Rd. in Lawrence!
January 28, 2014 in Bald Eagle
After the Red-tailed Hawk disrupted the Eagles from their perch, they continued to loop around in flight as though still a bit unsettled. It was one of those moments that you can only hope for with camera in hand. These slow proximate flight loops in bright sunlight can offer terrific moments for action/flight images. Such was this morning!!
8 flight photos posted: http://www.pbase.com/birdshots/image/154345153
Enjoy!
January 22, 2014 in Bald Eagle
A single adult Bald Eagle in perch overlooking the Merrimack River in Lawrence!
January 21, 2014 in Bald Eagle
Another morning visit to Merrimack River behind 350 Merrimack St. in Lawrence. Overcast skies and a single subadult quietly perched in one of the normal locations! Likely a third year bird based on plumage and emerging white on the head.
January 15, 2014 in Bald Eagle
This first winter juvenile was seen perched on one of the trees behind the Lawrence Sanitation Water District pump house in North Andover. This is located at the end of North Main Street off of Sutton St. The eagle was just quietly perching on a beautiful sunny morning! Dark bill, tawny breast, brown bib, dark eyes.
January 10, 2014 in Bald Eagle
Later on Friday while heading over the Parker St. (Rt.114) bridge in a southerly direction, and while looking to the east over my left shoulder, a large bird in flight comes into view. Sure enough, an adult Bald Eagle heading west. turned around facing north, still on the bridge, the eagle loops twice above the bridge area and then glides to a landing on a tree near Pemberton Park on the north side of the river, west of the bridge. Make my way by car to rear of nearby building and remain in the car watching eagle for 15 minutes. Fascinating to be so close! On the far side of the tree, something caused the eagle to depart over the river westbound. It then looped and headed eastbound, and then westbound one more time before heading to a perch by the dam. A nice opportunity for some cloudy day photos!
Photos posted: http://www.pbase.com/birdshots/image/154086918
Enjoy!
