Raptors, They are everywhere

One thing you can count on in winter around my area is the Raptors. The Bald Eagles come from who knows where to hang out at the lakes here in central Washington. This year there are more than normal though. Where I knormally go for photos of them this time of year is just crazy full of the flying lions of the skys. There are also more than normal amounts of Hawks, some of which are Rough Leged Hawks that only come here in winter but also Red Tailed Hawks.I'll start with some Hawk photos. I was out trying out the 30 FPS on my Canon R7. I normally use "First curtin" which only does 15 FPS. Tell me what you think.

Like I said above the Bald Eagles are everywhere. There were about 30 of them just sitting on the frozen lake. The first photo of the Four togeather is kind of a cool picture. There is a mature Eagle and then one that is just getting its white plumage. Then as close as I can tell there is one that is a Two year old and a one year old. Its hard to tell in immatureEagles the best way I know it to judge the age by how much of the beak has turned yellow. the younger the bird the blacker the beak. The rst of the first set are just a bunch hanging out on the ice.

This set is just a bunch of them in flight and in trees. Seeing this many Bald Eagles is just so awesome to me. They have always left me in awe.

Now this set is about personal space. There was one young Eagle that just wouldn't get the hint. It kept trying to land to close to its buddy... They would both be forced to flying off to land else where.

Hope you liked this, I'm hoping that I can get the next post ready this week. I am looking up and double checking the photos. I want it to be on all the "First time photographing" and bucket list pictures I got in 2023. If I do as good this year as I did last year I'm going to have a good year!