I enjoy watching birds, they always make me smile and a glimpse of an eagle soaring in the sky high above me always makes me shiver with delight.
Lately I have had the pleasure of a young eagles company. This eagle flies through my property and perches in the trees quite close to my house.
Sometimes I just look up and there she is, other times I am alerted by the calling of the forest ravens and I watch as they harass the eagle.
The eagle ignores the ravens and they eventually fly off, calling their way across the winter sky.
Now as a warning for the squeamish amongst you there is a photo of a dead wallaby in this next set.
This first photo is just to give you a sense of scale. The eagle is in a dead tree eyeing off a dead wallaby lying in the middle of the road. After I took these photos I dragged the wallaby to the side of the road and I was pleased to see the eagle eating the carcass the next day.
A few days later the eagle was back and was perched in a tree just below my back verandah.
I grabbed the camera and followed the eagle as she flew from tree to tree. She was being harassed by Ravens on this day and each time she shook her wings the Ravens backed off a bit.
Isn’t she just gorgeous.
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Kim, you’re so lucky!
Extraordinary.
How weird I’ve just posted in part about smiling. It seems we do smile together!
She is stunning absolutely incredible. Thank you for sharing the moment.
gorgeous………..just gorgeous!!!!
What a marvellously splendid lady!
Beautiful indeed. We have golden eagles and a handful of bald eagles that winter here and I love seeing them in the bare trees. Birds of prey are so regal looking. What a treat to have one near your home.
How odd, not comment luv is showing a post from last month!
Great shots Kim!!
Hi Kim, Wow, you managed to get some great photos. Just been reading about Wedgies (of the eagle sort – not the other !). Here’s a link for you:
http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=64435
There’s only an estimated 1000 in Tassie, so you are lucky to have one in your back yard. Sometimes they fly high overhead our house and they always make me smile too ! Jo
Such glorious creatures. We sometimes see them in the distance but rarely close by.
I love your wildlife photos, thanks so much for brightening up my sunday morning. BG Xx
Oh WOW those photos are beautiful! 🙂 x
Wow, amazing shots. I really need to spend an evening in your back garden.
The eagle is beautiful Kim.
Why do the Ravens harass her? Is she in their territory?
Or is it just a dog/cat type thing?
@ River I think it is a food/territory thing. I have been watching the ravens for years and it seems like there is an invisible line in the sky and once the eagle crosses that line the ravens start to harass them. They also do it with other ravens.
How gorgeous!! LOVE the last shot.
You ARE lucky to be able to photograph such lovely creatures! And I am just a teeny weeny bit jealous! ( in a good way)
you really do have a talent with photography hun
the pics are amazing