[Leica] Eagles in the mist

[Jim Nichols]

Nice work, Howard.  It sure looks like more fun than my bird feeders!

On 5/16/20 11:48 PM, Howard Cummer via LUG wrote:
> Went this morning back to the eagle lookout on a cloudy, slightly misty day:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSCF7355.jpg.html
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> Mama eagle was sitting in the nest keeping the chicks warm
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_3878.jpg.html
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> Another view of chick warming - the lack of sunlit shadows pleased me:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSCF7447.jpg.html
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> After about an hour the Mama called out several times and flew out of the nest to stand guard several trees away
> waiting for the next food delivery from Papa:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSCF7447.jpg.html
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> Mama extended her right wing as if to dry it - arthritis perhaps?
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_3902.jpg.html
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> Turned left to continue drying:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_3904.jpg.html
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> The aggressive crow and the eagle ignored each other:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_3895-Pano.jpg.html
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> The chicks were left exposed to the cool damp - maybe Mama is toughening them up Spartan style;
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_3924.jpg.html
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> One chick is growing more quickly - and its feet are much bigger:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_3909.jpg.html
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> If survival of the fittest prevails - and it almost always does - the bigger chick will
> eventually push the weaker one out of the nest.
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> Papa with the fish never did arrive and eventually we had to go for lunch. He arrived about
> 10 minutes after we left. Of course.
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> May be view large if you like. C&C always welcome. Camera info at the top of each picture.
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> Howard
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Jim Nichols
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