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Sophia3

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I have fed birds for years but got interested in bald eagles 7 years ago!! then learned about powerzoom camera and was hooked! I used a dslr but my strongest lens is 55-300. Eagles and their nests are often 300 feet away. Need to respect nature ans have learned much!

 

i get out for short walks or drives, but not much in summer hot and wretched muggy dewpoints. 
 

some eagles from april 24th..hard to see the one eaglet..so tiny...then 2 still in nest June 9th, almost 1/4 mile away !! June 19th...parents and two newly fledged juveniles just 3 days after leaving the nest❤️
 

all have left the area now and parents start adding sticks to the nest to do it all over again next season.

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Thanks. Its great watching eagles! And other fun birds.. I use a 2lb Powerzoom Coolpixp950. Not as heavy has a DSLR and big lens that weighs 7 lbs or more! So its doable..i used a small 55-300mm lens for other things. Coolpix zooms to 2000mm max. My upper body has always been weak. Losing myself in nature helps me feel normal for a bit.

 

from 2 summers ago watching Osprey fish (they dive under water..my reflexes miss some of the action. Eagles fish and if-ten steal from Osprey or they will drop the fish as eagles will win the fight. using DSLR here with only 55-300 lens and then cropped oics..some use 200-500mm or 150-600mm lenses hand held. I am a wimp..but i was down at the rivers edge to get these.

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Thanks. Its great watching eagles! And other fun birds.. I use a 2lb Powerzoom Coolpixp950. Not as heavy has a DSLR and big lens that weighs 7 lbs or more! So its doable..i used a small 55-300mm lens for other things. Coolpix zooms to 2000mm max. My upper body has always been weak. Losing myself in nature helps me feel normal for a bit.

 

My luckiest shot..2 winters ago i was at a river's small dam...eagle flew low over me to fish and changed mind..and I got this with Nikon camera and 55-300 lens! no crop.

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red breasted nut hatches!! how fun! I Rarely get those in the yard but i can see better whats passing through, when trees lose their leaves! Ha. We get the white breasted nuthatches regularly..love their nasal voice. They feed a lot.

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