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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Teresa on September 04, 2008, 05:46:22 PM

Title: Swan And Eagle Pictures
Post by: Teresa on September 04, 2008, 05:46:22 PM
Swan And Eagle  Pictures
Got these from a friend of mine who knows Tom.

These  photos were taken recently by myself, Tom Carver.  I live  on Lakelse Lake just outside of Terrace, B.C.
I own The Water  Lily  Bay Resort  and I also  feed the swans on  the lake all the time!
Eagles are very common in  this area, too.
   Enjoy!   Swan and  Eagle pictures.

So here is the swan photo.
            What a  beautiful bird, so graceful and  majestic.

(http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj216/marshalette/ATT00004.jpg)

Here  comes the Eagle!!!
You can see the feathers flying here from the  swan.


(http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj216/marshalette/ATT00007.jpg)

This one is so  amazing to see the actual  eagle wing  span beside the swan.
The  poor swan must be scared to death . The swan is  attempting to escape death in the air.
The eagle is loosing his grip on the swan in this  picture.

(http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj216/marshalette/ATT00010.jpg)

Now the  eagle has  just lost his grip on the swan  completely.

(http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj216/marshalette/ATT00013.jpg)


  At this  point the swan starts falling straight  down.

(http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj216/marshalette/ATT00019.jpg)


The swan  falls into the water below, swims away and the  eagle just looks  on at his 'lost' prey.
 

(http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj216/marshalette/ATT00022.jpg)



I'm  amazed at these picture because I've NEVER seen eagles attack  or tackle something so big in mid-air  before.

Title: Re: Swan And Eagle Pictures
Post by: frawin on September 04, 2008, 05:58:53 PM
Teresa, when I lived in West Texas one of my Hunting Friends was a Rancher and he had Antelope on his ranch. The Eagles would swope down and grab the newborn baby Antelope and carry them off. He talked to a Game Warden and the Game Warden told him he just had to live with it and to not shoot the Eagles.
Title: Re: Swan And Eagle Pictures
Post by: lola330 on September 04, 2008, 09:11:12 PM
Absolutely breathtakingly beautiful photos!