Young Baldy

[eyeguy 54]

Spotted a youngster this morning and played cat and mouse for a while. third tree it was in I finally was able to get close enough. Got a couple shots before it turned around to look for that shutter sound... lol  

[eyeguy 54]

Found where the adults have a nest. Got permission to try and get pics.   Hope to have them on a big dead branch close by sometime. 

[RebelSS]

Wow! The goldmine!! Way to go!

[smurfy]

nice pictures eyeguy!!!!!!!! yea them eagles sure like them half dead pine trees. we have a cabin on a lake up in Itasca county. have an eagles nest not far from the cabin. really cool and fun watching them raise there yougins each year.

even more fun to listen to the loons when the eagles are around. them loons aren't the biggest fans of the nations symbol!!!!! 

[gunner55]

Been a bunch of them around here lately. Think 1 of the neighbors if putting out some food. Fun to watch, very 

[RebelSS]

Ya gonna toss him a rabbit or two for more pics? 

[eyeguy 54]

that would be fun

[RebelSS]

There's a lot of goldies and baldies up around Maiden Rock by Red Wing when I fish on the river in Spring. Always bugged me when there I sat with no bites, and they'd come roaring down like a P-51 and nail a fish. Pretty cool. They've even tried to nail my bait on a long cast sometimes. 

[gunner55]

 fish guts(?)..............close to a dozen some days, some young ones among them. 1 likes a tree just behind our cleaning shack

[Ufatz]

Careful Eyeguy......it's well established that adult eagles are easily annoyed by tasty young photographers who bother their babies and often fly off with them (the fresh young photographers) by the scruff of their neck and then drop them from a high altitude.

You'll sometimes see bits of hair and clothing and maybe a camera part where such an attack has occurred.

Edited March 25, 2016 by Ufatz
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[eyeguy 54]

old and heavy so no problemo

[the nature boy]

Fun to watch and dream of the perfect pic.   I've found 2 nests within 20 miles of town but one of them is next to impossible to see once the leaves come out. The one I found a few weeks ago is out in the open and nor far from the road. I took this pic from the car and will probably check it out once a week.