Bald Eagles' Fight


Posted by Yves Guillot on Tue Feb 14, 2017 9:11 pm

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I was in Sheffield Mills, Nova Scotia, during the bald eagle festival there (beginning of February) and this fight happened in front of us. 

Such fights are rare, fierce, brief (very often they last only a fraction of a second) and very often one of the two eagles shows only its back to us. 

So getting these two guys face to face in front of us in sweet light was a superb gift for all the photographers present.  And it lasted a good long 4 seconds!

I nicknamed the guy on top, the fighter.  You can see it has a broken beak and he was more agressive because he was unable to cut the food in small bites, so he was often chasing after other eagles to get their bites.

Hope you like it!

Canon IS 600 mm 1:4.0 II + TC 1,4X III - 1/1600 F5.6 ISO 400 Full Frame

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by sirianul on Tue Feb 14, 2017 9:21 pm
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Wow, amazing action, perfect details, I like it a lot.

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by Homer on Wed Feb 15, 2017 12:11 am
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Terrific action shot Yves
 

by Gene Gwin on Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:14 am
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Yves, An amazing capture. I think I might have tried to clone out the black bird?
 

by Karl Egressy on Wed Feb 15, 2017 10:37 am
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Killer action shot especially the larger version, Yves. It is well worth to check it out.
 

by LynnS on Wed Feb 15, 2017 3:44 pm
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Yves, what a wrestling match, great capture of the intensity of the aggressor and the open-beaked scream of the pinned eagle, terrific action drama.
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by Axel Hildebrandt on Sat Feb 18, 2017 6:06 pm
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Great interaction and moment captured, Yves!
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by TerryWSmith on Sat Feb 18, 2017 9:33 pm
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Fantastic capture-looks serious.

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