Winter eagles

The other day I had the chance to spend a few hours photographing bald eagles on and near a white-tailed deer carcass in northern Wisconsin.






I had an opportunity to capture some flight pictures as the birds came in.






And several birds on the ground feeding on the carcass.



Their was a definite hierarchy among the eagles, which meant that younger birds had to move from the choicest tidbits when more mature birds came to feed. 

When they didn't move fast enough they were helped out of the way.

In a flash

A bald eagle snatches a small fish from a northern Wisconsin lake.


The eagle was wearing metal bands on both legs from the Wisconsin DNR.

It grasped the fish tightly in one talon as it flew off.

The eagle didn't fly far before it landed on the lake shore and ate the fish. This bird was known to frequent the lake and would watch fisherman closely looking for any injured fish they released. It seemed pretty tolerant and allowed me to get close enough to take the last photo before flying off.