in search of eagles

 Well, the weather turned for the worse the last few days; cold, windy, and snow which made outings a little hard to do. Luckily, local fisherman have been cleaning fish along the shoreline, so this attracted some eagles to the area. Been a little tough to get close to them, but it's a good chance to play with my sigma 150-500 lens.
 Had an older eagle land on the lake in front of the house with a redfish he dragged from the ocean. While watching him wash it in the fresh water, he dropped it and it sank to the bottom; not a happy fisherman. 

young eagle search the shoreline

eagle taking a break at the waters edge

older eagle washing his catch which he dropped in the water

What a difference a day makes

 Well, I made a trip in search of wildlife yesterday and had one of those days where you were always 1 step behind the wildlife. Started off by missing my loon which I had been checking on for a few days. By the time I parked and got in position, he heard me and decided to have a staring contest (he won). I left then and saw 3 eagles circling over the ponds. I knew where they usually fly by so I set up. After waiting 1 hour, I gave up and,on the way home, I saw my 2 eagles on the shore right where I was set up for my loon.
  Today I tried again before the weather turned. I fed my birds and went out in search of my pheasants and saw 1. Checked on my favorite spot for blackducks and saw a few. Got a nice pair sunning themselves. I got home and saw a few songbirds who were friendly so I got some shots.
Goes to show you: Tuesday 2 shots and Wednesday  25 shots.

house sparrow

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male and female house sparrow

female house sparrow

mallards enjoying the sun

sunny days over

Rain and snow mix out today so I decided to go through a few pictures of the past week. Had 2 beautiful  sunny days and got out in search of waterfowl. Came across a few mallards and, luckily, a pair of Old Squaws. Loving the new Nikon d90 and its Sigma 150-500 lens. Can't wait for the harbors to freeze up so the ducks will be more confined and give better shooting opportunities. Here are a few pics of the Old Squaw pair.

male Old Squaw

male and female Old Squaw

time to leave

birding january 1 2011

Started the new year off on a good foot. Traveled to Sydney in search of waterfowl, had great weather +2 in the morning. Left around 7am, got to the church and set up near the river waiting for sunrise. Saw many blackducks and mallards early in the morning with a few mergansers mixed in. A few decoys would have been a great help. Managed to get a few shots in before dinner time.

male mallard coming in



blackducks on log

                                           

male mallard

camera bag

list of my camera bags
for landscapes           >   SonyA100 with sony lenses 28x80,35x70 macro,70-21and sigma lenses28-70,70-300,100-300 ,Sherpa 250 tripod Lowepro 300 flipside
for birding and wildlife > Nikon D90 with nikon 18-105vr lens and Sigma  70-200 f2.8,150-500 OS lens Sherpa 250 tripod lowepro 400aw flipside

start of the new year 2011

Welcome 2011
Decided to start a blog site for my photography.Been following a few other photographer's blogs and found them informative.

Going to try and blog weekly about photography around the coast of Cape Breton,Nova Scotia.