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Okay, I've been real lucky lately. I spotted my first Golden Eagle last weekend! I was able to get really close to this magnificent creature. It was not scared of me one bit. LOL
If you look at my post in the BIF thread, I was actually too close to it, and unfortunately cropped a wingtip on the last shot =(


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These are even better than the posted in BIF! I actually like all five (5 =incl. BIF!).
BTW: I noticed in your photos of the Owls (second series) that you already have 3 at once (second photo, I didn't see the third bird before:oops:)! Well, now for a logarithmic curve you need... WHATo_O?!!!
Good luck with this but on the other hand you have the momentum on your side! Now or never!:LOL:
 
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BTW: I noticed in your photos of the Owls (second series) that you already have 3 at once (second photo, I didn't see the third bird before:oops:)! Well, now for a logarithmic curve you need... WHATo_O?!!!
Good luck with this but on the other hand you have the momentum on your side! Now or never!:LOL:
Yes, that 3rd owl was sneaky, huh! LOL
We'll see how the logarithmic curve goes, I may have reached the max :ROFLMAO:
 
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Okay, I've been real lucky lately. I spotted my first Golden Eagle last weekend! I was able to get really close to this magnificent creature. It was not scared of me one bit. LOL
If you look at my post in the BIF thread, I was actually too close to it, and unfortunately cropped a wingtip on the last shot =(
I'm happy for you that you could get into that position. Great chance, great pics.
I can remember that I once saw a golden eagle in the Austrian alps when I was skiing there. It was sitting on a stone, maybe fifty meters away, and still I thought, "What a big bird!"
But I didn't have a camera with me :/
 
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On a more serious note (I think!?), a few weeks ago I posted a link to sad stories that supplied details of literally hundreds of songbirds coming to an untimely end in Chicago IL...they struck windows facing Lake Michigan on a portion of McCormick Place.

Here is a link to some good news on that general topic...mostly from Evanston IL (on the campus of Northwestern University).

 
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Set Four (of Four)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

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So some of have gotten this far.

I'm 65. Married 41 years. Meeting my wife is the best thing that ever happened to me...

So tell me, fellow CR readers: what is better...Morning Photons or Morning :love:...?
:)! After some age every morning is a good morning! Morning with such a good photos is a great morning - nothing less!
 
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Set Four (of Four)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

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So some of have gotten this far.

I'm 65. Married 41 years. Meeting my wife is the best thing that ever happened to me...

So tell me, fellow CR readers: what is better...Morning Photons or Morning :love:...?
Morning with my wife’s sweet smile is better than I ever hoped for.
Sunrises make me want to retire and experience the fresh air and beautiful morning light instead of helping a company owner make even more money.
Re-reading this post makes me want to reduce my run-on sentences.
 
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