Update to Fort Hunt Bald Eagles Nest season

The young Juvenile Bald Eagles have not yet started there Branching stage yet as of June 9th 2012. I took these shots of the Adult Bald Eagle along the bike path next to the Potomac River. I was taking photos of the juveniles in the nest when I heard the Kackals of the Adult close by. I ran toward the sound and It was up on a perch next to the bike trail. I started taking photos immediatly and tried to get a little closer and the Adult flew off. I didnt have my camera shutter speed set for fast action photography, so the shots turned out badly. The perch shots turned out very nice. I hope you enjoy them.

Prothonotary Warbler adventure June 9th 2012 Mt. Vernon Trail

June 9th 2012 after photographing Bald Eagles in the morning I was headed back on the Mt. Vernon Trail and stopped a my favorite spot for seeing Prothonotary Warblers. This time I got even better shots then the previous time out here. Here are some of the photos.

Prothonotary Warbler adventure june3, 2012

Prothonotary Warbler is one of the hardest bird species I have ever pursued over the four decades of bird watching and photography. I had to use ibird app on my ipad 2 inorder to get the bird to stay in the area long enough for me to focus my camera enough to get these photos. They are not my best but so far the only photos I have been lucky enough to take. I hope in the near future I can put up more spectacular images of this amazing Warbler.

Branching Juveniles at the Morningside Bald Eagles Nest

Update to the Morningside Bald Eagles Nest Juveniles. The juvenile eagles are now in the branching stage and seem to be ready to fledge. The other two of the juveniles were obscured by leaves in the way of getting photos of them. These were my best photos of one of the juveniles for the day. June 2, 2012.

This was May 21st 2012 at the Fort Hunt Bald Eagles Nest site and the one photo that I have here has all three  juveniles together and the second photo has only two of the Juvenile eagles together with the Adult. I will have more photos up soon. They have not started the branching  process yet so there will be more to come in the next few weeks to come.

Fort Hunt Bald Eagles Nest

This is the Fort Hunt Bald Eagles nest four miles south of the Morningside Bald Eagles Nest site. So far I only see two Juvenile Bald Eagles but the lady who showed me this nest her name is Marina said that since they had three last year that they may have three in the nest this time. This nest is quite large and like before It is not always possible to see into an eagles nest from certain perspectives.

This is an update on the status of the Bald Eagle Juveniles at the Morningside Nest. I last identified two juvenile eagles in the nest but on Saturday May 19th with the help of a friend who showed me a better viewing location of the nest on a more elevated position we both counted three Juveniles sitting in the nest instead of two. I did take a picture but its not the best due to not having a tripod and having to hand hold my camera. If you count from right to left you will see identify the three juvenile eagles. I will also have other photos of the juveniles which may only show the two which seemed to be more aggressive in there personality. These photos are from May 19th and 20th 2012 at the Morningside Bald Eagles nest. I also took photos from the trail view which is not the best look at the eagles.