the early JR catches the bird

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  1. LLoyd
    Posted July 16, 2012 at 10:44 pm |

    Beeeeeeeeee-u-ti-ful!

  2. Hog Whitman
    Posted July 16, 2012 at 11:09 pm |

    There’s certainly more of them around now than there ever was before. I mean, I was about 30 before I even saw one. Now they’re all over, even just a few miles outside of Portland. Magnificent bird.

    Pretty sure it’s still ill-eagle (heh… get it?) to even possess a single feather from one unless you’re a ‘Native American’. Funny though how I got to peek inside a federal judge’s office once, on a weekend, and he had a full war bonnet hanging from his ceiling that the Warm Springs tribe had given him. Must be nice being a federal judge. Make-up your own laws as you go along.

  3. SondraK, Queen of my domain
    Posted July 16, 2012 at 11:24 pm |

    Hog…been out here 20 years and I STILL get a thrill when I see one.

    JR got a pelican sitting atop a tree getting fucked with by crows too. Love them too. A group of them is called a “squadron” :)

  4. Merovign
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 12:39 am |

    BIRD!

  5. Merovign
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 12:41 am |

    Oh and the group of crows is called a “murder.”

  6. Paul Moore
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 1:32 am |

    I had one fly across the road in front of me one day. He was carrying a raccoon. Even back when they were “endangered”, we had a nesting pair living on fishies in the lake two miles from here. We also have a pond full of “endangered” frogs and a garden full of “endangered” honeybees. I do not think that word means what they think it means.
    Great shot BTW. His camera must be in a quick draw holster.

  7. DougM (November is coming)
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 3:27 am |

    Special place.

  8. JoeBandMember®
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 5:26 am |

    Now, that’s definitely worth a trip to the Long Beach area.

    Great pics.

    Now you need to go over to the Naselle area and click one of Bigfoot.

  9. geezerette
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 5:31 am |

    Beautiful Eagle– we know it’s over 4 years old– how do we distinguish the male from the female?

  10. DougM (November is coming)
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 5:51 am |

    ^ geezerette
    Ever see Crocodile Dundee?

  11. mech
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 6:16 am |

    Sweet!

    Now I’m grinning again.

  12. SondraK, Queen of my domain
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 7:04 am |

    Our ThomasM taught us the trick….as you creep closer and closer just keep shooting off shots one right after another…we have to work on finding their “comfort zone”…I really do hate to disturb them….

    I stayed far back with the Turd Boyz….for their safety as well as the bird’s comfort:)

  13. Claire: pink pig barbarian, etc
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 7:23 am |

    I do not think that “endangered” word means what they think it means.

    A pal of mine has gov’t restrictions on her vineyard because a specific “endangered” Indigo plant “could” grow there. [They don't. Vineyard's been there since 1850-something] She found that specific plant on sale at several area nurseries for $12.95….

  14. geezerette
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 7:27 am |

    Go for it Doug–Eagle Dougee. Good luck to ya!!!

  15. Thomas M.
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 9:21 am |

    Magnificent photos. I still get a thrill every time I see one as well. I even get a thrill when I get close to where I can see a nest.

    Endangered? They’re numbers in the Washington, D.C. area are on a steady rise.

    Hat’s off to J.R.

  16. SondraK, Queen of my domain
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 9:44 am |

    We had some awesome ( truly AWESOME WOW ) thunder storms last Friday and an Eagle got hit and killed :(

    Thanks, Thomas! That means a lot coming from you!

  17. Alan outback bacon czar
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 9:45 am |

    Beautiful pictures. We had a nesting pair at the lake where I live, two years ago.

  18. Paladin
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 10:00 am |

    Beautiful pics! That’s an absolutely majestic bird. Big too.

    I sometimes see them fishing while fishing at Arrowrock Dam.

    One time I was tromping around in the desert and ran up a small butte. There was one about 15 feet away from me. I froze, getting ready to run back down, but he just looked me over once and took off.

    Then there was this group of 5 golden eagles circling around over by Jordan Valley. Three were smaller so I presume they were juveniles. One of them did a sharp bank and when it pulled out into a glide you could hear the feathers on its wing pop when the air caught it again.

  19. geezerette
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 4:34 pm |

    An Eagle got hit and killed— is that the end of the story?? Or will there soon be an Eagle in your collection not a pelican?

  20. The Ugly American
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 6:03 pm |

    Get one with them doing the in-flight mating ritual and I’ll be impressed ;-)

  21. SondraK, Queen of my domain
    Posted July 17, 2012 at 10:40 pm |

    ^ Kinky!
    How about one of Smurphy humping Rumsfeld instead?
    It is always followed by Rumsfeld rolling onto his back and Smurphy licking his pee pee. STG.

  22. DougM (November is coming)
    Posted July 18, 2012 at 12:53 pm |

    So, that makes JR an eagle scout, then, eh?
    (sorry)

  23. geezerette
    Posted July 18, 2012 at 7:29 pm |

    Who needs porn when you have pets?

  24. Bohica Junior
    Posted July 19, 2012 at 1:39 pm |

    Truly a sight to behold, I still have yet to see one of these amazing birds in real life though…can’t wait to see it though!

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