May05
Loon and Eagle
Welcome to my world – as I see it. I am Cal Rice, professional photographer located in Bemidji, Minnesota. Through this blog I hope to share some of my knowledge and current experience. Therefore, some blogs will be primarily tutorial while others will reflect what I am doing or where I have been.
Each year I put a loon nesting platform out in the Mississippi River in front of our house. This morning I noticed the loon acting concerned. I walked down to the dock and saw a mature bald eagle sitting in a tree on an island, not far away. Bald Eagles will attack loon eggs and baby loons. So the parents must be vigilant at all times.
We are fortunate, along the Mississippi River, to have the Bald Eagles make such a great recovery from when their numbers were declining so rapidly. We now see a Bald Eagle very frequently, especially now during the nesting season.
These pictures were taken from our dock using a Canon 5D Mark II with a 100-400mm lens at the maximum magnification.