Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Went this morning back to the eagle lookout on a cloudy, slightly misty day: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSCF7355.jpg.html Mama eagle was sitting in the nest keeping the chicks warm http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_3878.jpg.html Another view of chick warming - the lack of sunlit shadows pleased me: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSCF7447.jpg.html 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: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSCF7447.jpg.html Mama extended her right wing as if to dry it - arthritis perhaps? http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_3902.jpg.html Turned left to continue drying: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_3904.jpg.html The aggressive crow and the eagle ignored each other: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_3895-Pano.jpg.html The chicks were left exposed to the cool damp - maybe Mama is toughening them up Spartan style; http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_3924.jpg.html One chick is growing more quickly - and its feet are much bigger: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_3909.jpg.html If survival of the fittest prevails - and it almost always does - the bigger chick will eventually push the weaker one out of the nest. 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. May be view large if you like. C&C always welcome. Camera info at the top of each picture. Howard