Photos by Tag: Bald eagle
Imposing bird
Juvenile bald eagle perched on power pole, Bay View area. Dark feathers yet to transition to white.
View from above
Bald eagle presiding over hunting fields, Dugualla Bay on North Whidbey Island.
Christmas ‘gathering’
Christmas Eve weather was incredible, prompting me to grab my camera and take a couple of walks. I was focused on a bald eagle high in a tree at the edge of Heart Lake when I heard a cry in the sky. Seconds later the incoming eagle joined the other, with some animated “conversation” for […]
Welcome to Fidalgo Island
“Welcome to Fidalgo Island.” Bald eagle perches in trees in line of sight to motorists passing across Deception Pass Bridge from Whidbey to Fidalgo. Same eagle, two different angles.
South Fidalgo eagle
I encountered this eagle Wednesday morning, perched on a tree just over the Deception Pass Bridge on the Fidalgo Island side. Another eagle was perched high on a snag on the other side of the highway.
Waiting for sunshine
Fidalgo Island bald eagle on an overcast May afternoon.
Bald at bay’s edge
It was such a beautiful afternoon I decided to take a drive around the northeast part of the island. I was rewarded with this sighting of a bald eagle, perched in a tree overlooking Fidalgo Bay.
Moving along the shoreline
A bald eagle descends from a treetop and heads to a new perch among fir trees on the Fidalgo Island shoreline.
Sunny day scenes from Rosario
What a joy it is to live just a few minutes away from island gems such as this: Rosario Beach. On this hike I encountered a couple visiting from Seattle and a young man scoping the area for fishing spots. A few folks stopped to take a view seat on the trail to Bowman Bay.
Winging into a new year
A young eagle takes wing from a tree on a Fidalgo shoreline. Off we go, too, into a new year!
Eagle release: 2001
I photographed this bald eagle in 2001 at the close of a successful rehab. The bird had been injured by a car on Whidbey Island, was released into the wild again when injuries were healed.
Fidalgo Island royalty
To me, bald eagles are among wildlife “royalty” here on Fidalgo Island.