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22-MAY-2016 Vern Rogers (fotabug fotos)

Only One Eaglet This Year!

Once again this year, the bald eagles nesting on Skinner Butte in Eugene had offspring. Since they began nesting there in recent years, the eagle pair usually has two babies. This year they have only one. But that is still great, so fun to have their nest in the middle of town. I got a shot of the eaglet in the nest, but the distance to the nest is so great that even the 83x lens of the P900 can't bring it up close enough for me. At least that prominent beak shows up nicely! I waited around for an hour hoping to see it move or even stand up, but it was content to sit comfortably in the nest. The parents never showed up. Probably out on the town!

Nikon COOLPIX P900
1/800s f/6.5 at 357.0mm iso1600 full exif

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Laura Milholland01-Jun-2016 23:15
Precious shot, Vern. Really fun to see one this young. :)
Alexander Kazakov26-May-2016 10:55
Wow! V
Buz Kiefer25-May-2016 18:54
Wonderful capture, Vern. That nest has a good deal of age to it. Vote.
Walter Otto Koenig24-May-2016 01:29
Cool shot of the Eaglet in the nest.
Jean D24-May-2016 00:50
A fine shot of this new arrival. Looking forward to more images over the next few weeks. ~V
Hank Vander Velde23-May-2016 22:45
Excellent distant shot Vern.
Bea.23-May-2016 22:39
Looks pretty good to me, home he makes it to adulthood.
Greg W23-May-2016 21:27
Excellent Vern! I actually like seeing the whole nest,so you can see how large the nests can be. How exciting it must to see it in person. I think you should buy a 600mm and go back a few more times! 8-)
Richard Glenn23-May-2016 20:17
Wonderful composition, looking forward to more updates. V
Marcia Colelli23-May-2016 14:10
Wonderful capture at a long distance. V
Yvonne23-May-2016 11:35
What an impressive nest they build! Great shot, well worth the long wait Vern.. v
Roger Bailey23-May-2016 08:59
A great image, growing up well.
Helen Betts23-May-2016 07:24
Isn't that marvelous, and despite the distance you got a great capture of it. Hopefully the parents were out looking for food for the baby!
John Shen Photography23-May-2016 07:19
Ahhh.. super super capture at such a long distance! :)
Bryan Murahashi23-May-2016 04:30
Terrific shot of this young one. V
joseantonio23-May-2016 04:10
what a great image.Thank you for sharing.V.
Nirvan Hope23-May-2016 03:39
What a magnificent nest for the little one!
Steve Thuman23-May-2016 02:13
Handsome little kidlet
paplvr23-May-2016 02:12
Cool thing to see them. Linda S
JSB PHOTOGRAPHS23-May-2016 00:44
We love our eagles here, it is true, that nest is way out there, about 600-700 feet. Well you did get a great shot Vern! V
J Ponces23-May-2016 00:44
Lucky him! No brothers and sisters.... V
Jim Coffman23-May-2016 00:03
A very nice image, Vern...
parrothouse22-May-2016 23:58
It looks like it is growing quickly
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