Wildlife

[Brownski]

That’s amazing. If you zoom in you can clearly see the lower bird eyeballing the one above it. Great shot

 

[freeheeln]

Male Belted Kingfisher taking a dive. He is still hanging around the open water along the Hudson River in Washington County.

 

[Tjf1967]

You zoom in on that thing and can see he means business. Great shot.. As usual

 

[Ripitz]

That’s incredible. It looks like a painting.

 

[freeheeln]

Great Blue Heron pulling an icy foot up into it feathers to thaw the ice on it recently along the Hudson River in Washington County.

 

[freeheeln]

Short-eared Owl diving for dinner.

 

[Endoftheline]

Used to be "wildlife" but at least the Coyotes and Eagles were well fed for a day or so.

 

[freeheeln]

Used to be "wildlife" but at least the Coyotes and Eagles were well fed for a day or so.

One of the local County DPWs puts the roadkill out on the ice, the Bald Eagles flock in. Battles are common.

 

[Brownski]

I still get a kick out of seeing bald eagles when I’m out paddling, even though they’re a bit more common now. When I visited Homer in the nineties, there were dozens of them hanging out on the beach like a bunch of seagulls. I didn’t realize how huge they were j til I saw them up close. Pretty amazing.

 

[freeheeln]

It can be a pretty cruel world. Great Horned Owl with whats left of a Mallard,at the swampy pond behind our house.