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132 images Created 22 Feb 2016

Eagles and Ospreys

After friends pointed out an eagle's nest near my former South Carolina home, I joined them in following its progress for about 15 years. Two mornings per week, I would paddle a couple miles, often against the tide to park my kayak in the marsh and feed bugs, as I (often we) awaited action in or near the nest. I continue to photograph eagles here in the Wet Mountain Valley of Colorado and as I travel.
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  • Momma Eagle perches on a dead pine before a full, May moon rising over the May River.
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  • An adult eagle arrives with food for his twins in a nest on Palmetto Bluff, along the May River's south shore. Photo by Greg Smith/imediasmith.com.
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  • An osprey flies from a pine limb along the May River near Bluffton, S.C.
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  • A bald eagle flies in an overcast sky near its nest along the May River.
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  • A pair of eagles ("Momma" at left, "Blackie" at right) roost in a pine along the May River during courting. Photo by Greg Smith/imediasmith.com.
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  • A pair of eagles ("Momma" at left, "Blackie" at right) roost in a pine along the May River during courting. Photo by Greg Smith/imediasmith.com.
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  • Blackie Eagle flies from his perch in a tall pine along the May River.
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  • A pair of eagles roost in a pine as a gibbous moon rises along the May River during courting.
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  • An eagle preens while perched on a dead pine tree along the May River.
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  • An eagle preens while perched on a dead pine tree along the May River.
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  • An osprey perches on a dock crane along the May River.
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  • A bald eagle flies ifrom its nest along the May River as its young offspring watches.
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  • A pair of bald eagles meet at their nest along the May River.
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  • A bald eagle stands watch as its babies sleep in their nest in a dead pine along the May River.
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  • A baby bald eagle perches on its nest in a dead pine along the May River.
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  • An adult  bald eagle looks on as its baby begins looking outside its nest in a dead pine along the May River.
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  • An adult  bald eagle stands watch as its baby begins looking outside its nest in a dead pine along the May River.
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  • An adult  bald eagle stands watch on its nest in a dead pine along the May River.
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  • A bald eagle preens on a dead pine near her nest along the May River.
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  • A bald eagle stares back as she ruffles her feathers after grooming, near her nest along the May River.
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  • A bald eagle stares back from a perch near her nest along the May River.
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  • A bald eagle flies from her nest and brood in a dead pine along the May River near Bluffton, S.C.
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  • A bald eagle flies from her nest and brood in a dead pine along the May River near Bluffton, S.C.
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  • A baby bald eagle waits for its parent to return to its nest in a dead pine along the May River near Bluffton, S.C.
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  • A baby bald eagle tests its wings from atop its nest in a dead pine along the May River near Bluffton, S.C.
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  • A juvenile bald lands after one of its first flights on a snag near its  nest in a dead pine along the May River near Bluffton, S.C.
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  • A bald eagle carries a stick to its huge nest in a pine tree along the May River.
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  • A pair of bald eagles meet at their nest along the May River.
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  • A bald eagle carries moss to its huge nest in a pine tree along the May River.
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  • A pair of bald eagles meet during courting in a pine along the May River.
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  • Osprey in Flight
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  • A bald eagle carries a stick to its huge nest in a pine tree along the May River.
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  • A pair of bald eagles meet during courting on their nest in a pine tree along the May River.
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  • A pair of bald eagles mate on their nest in a pine tree along the May River.
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  • A pair of bald eagles mate on their nest in a pine tree along the May River.
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  • A pair of bald eagles perch beside each other after mating on their nest in a pine tree along the May River.
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  • A bald eagle perches on a pine near her nest along the May River.
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  • A fourth-year bald eagle perches on a mound of dirt as gulls fly by at Hickory Hill landfill.
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  • A juvenile eagle flies over Hickory Hill Sanitary Landfill, near Ridgeland, S.C.
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  • A juvenile eagle flies over Hickory Hill Sanitary Landfill, near Ridgeland, S.C.
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  • A juvenile bald eagle surveys his options from atop a mound at Hickory Hill Sanitary Landfill, near Ridgeland, S.C.
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  • A juvenile bald eagle surveys his options from atop a mound at Hickory Hill Sanitary Landfill, near Ridgeland, S.C.
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  • A juvenile eagle takes flight from atop a mound at Hickory Hill Sanitary Landfill, near Ridgeland, S.C.
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  • A juvenile eagle takes flight from atop a mound at Hickory Hill Sanitary Landfill, near Ridgeland, S.C.
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  • A juvenile eagle takes flight from atop a mound at Hickory Hill Sanitary Landfill, near Ridgeland, S.C.
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  • A juvenile bald eagle surveys his options at Hickory Hill Landfill.
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  • On osprey stretches its wing while perched on a dead pine along the May River.
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  • A bald eagle perches on a moss-covered, dead pine near its nest along the May River.
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  • A bald eagle perches on a moss-covered, dead pine near its nest along the May River.
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  • A bald eagle perches on a dead pine near its nest along the May River.
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  • A pair of eagles roost in a pine as a gibbous moon rises along the May River during courting.
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  • A young bald eagle takes one of its first flights over the May River, near Bluffton, SC.
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  • "Blackie" the eagle flies past and looks at those watching his nest from afar in the May River near Bluffton, S.C.
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  • Bald Eagle flies in white sky.
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  • Bald eagle preens on pine limb near its nest along the May River.
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  • Bald eagle stands sentry on a pine limb near its nest along the May River.
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  • Eagle on pine limb with blue sky.
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  • Eagle perches on dead pine along Palmetto Bluff Headwaters lot 10.
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  • Eagle perches on dead pine along Palmetto Bluff Headwaters lot 10.
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  • Eagle flies by close to viewers along the May River.
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  • Eagle flies by close to viewers along the May River.
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  • Bald eagle on pine limb with white sky.
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  • A  bald eagle stands watch in its nest along the May River, near Bluffton, SC.
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  • A bald eagle lands on a tree not far from its nest and its growing twin eaglets.
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  • A bald eagle adjusts its roost in a tree along the May River, not far from its nest and its growing twin eaglets.
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  • A bald eagle preens on a pine limb along the May River, not far from its nest and its growing twin eaglets.
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  • A juvenile eagle flies past the nest where it was raised and where its parents have another brood.
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  • Juvenile bald eagles hang out near their nest in a tall pine tree along the May River.
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  • A juvenile eagle, in its first week of flying, soars near its nest along the May River.
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  • A newly fledged juvenile eagle hops to a nearby branch as her sibling continues to feed on a meal brought by thier parent to their nest along the May River.
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  • An adult eagle stands by as her two, newly fledged eaglets take turns feeding on a fish she brought to her nest along the May River.
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  • A family of bald eagles, the two eaglets fledged, hangs out after feeding in their nest tree along the May River.
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  • A newly fledged juvenile eagle roosts beside its nest  along the May River.
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  • A pair of newly fledged bald eagles hang out on a pine limb among spring leaves lining the May River near Bluffton, SC.
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  • A bald eagle flies from a tall pine near its nest along the May River near Bluffton, SC.
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  • Anewly fledged bald eagle soars over the tree lline along the May River near Bluffton, SC.
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  • Anewly fledged bald eagle soars over the tree lline along the May River near Bluffton, SC.
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  • A bald eagle flies against a blue winter sky near its nest along the May River.
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  • Bald eagles manage two four-week-old eaglets in their nest in a tall pine along the May River.
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  • Bald eagles manage two four-week-old eaglets in their nest in a tall pine along the May River.
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  • Bald eagles manage two four-week-old eaglets in their nest in a tall pine along the May River.
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  • A bald eagle flies from its nest to a nearby perch in a tall pine along the May River.
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  • Bald eagle babies (eaglets) in their nest in a tall pine along the May River.
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  • Two young eagles are just a week or two away from flying out of their huge nest in a tall pine along the May River.
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  • An adult eagle - likely Blackie, the father - perches on a pine limb not far from his nest along the May River.
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  • An adult eagle - likely Blackie, the father - perches on a pine limb not far from his nest along the May River.
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  • An adult eagle - likely Blackie, the father - flies from his perch on a pine limb not far from his nest along the May River.
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  • An adult bald eagle - likely Blackie, the father - flies from his perch on a pine limb not far from his nest along the May River. Blackie's nesting spot along the river's headwaters has been preserved, with a buffer of forest, by the developers of Palmetto Bluff, which comprises the some five miles of the river's southern shore and 19,000 acres.
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  • A young bald eagle, just learning to fly, perches on a limb beside its nest in a tall pine along the May River.
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  • A juvenile bald eagle cruises above the shoreline near an eagle's nest containing eggs, along the May River.
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  • A bald eagle perches on a limb near its nest in a pine tree along the May River.
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  • A pair of eaglets sit in a bald eagle's nest in a tall pine along the May River.
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  • An American bald eagle perches near its nest in a tall pine along the May River.
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  • An American bald eagle perches near its nest in a tall pine along the May River.
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  • An American bald eagle flies from its perch near its nest in a tall pine along the May River.
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  • An American bald eagle flies from its perch near its nest in a tall pine along the May River.
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  • An American bald eagle flies from its perch near its nest in a tall pine along the May River.
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  • An American bald eagle flies from its perch near its nest in a tall pine along the May River.
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  • An American bald eagle flies from its perch near its nest in a tall pine along the May River.
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  • An American bald eagle flies from its perch near its nest in a tall pine along the May River.
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