Wildlife – Photos by Pody

White Rock Bald Eagles – 7

This will be the final post of this shoot at White Rock lake. I still can’t believe I even captured pictures of a nesting pair of Bald Eagles much less a mating nesting pair!

I filled up the buffer on my camera at least twice and took about a hundred pictures of these guys in the act.

Photographed White Rock Lake Dallas, TX 2022.03.19

I never thought I would ever see Bald Eagle in Texas. I also never thought I would get a picture of a nesting pair. I would go down to White Tock Lake every day if I thought I could get a photo of these guys, much less see them doing what they are about to do.

It gets better!

Photographed Dallas, TX White Rock Lake 2022.03.19

White Rock Eagles – 4

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More pictures of the nesting pair locally known as Nick and Nora at White Rock Lake in Dallas.

I never thought I would ever get to see much less photograph a nesting pair of Bald Eagles. I guess persistence pays.

Photographed Dallas,TX WhiteRock Lake 2022.03.19

White Rock Eagles-3

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This time I went back with a Tamron 150-600mm lens. I found the birds where I wasn’t expecting. After about thirty pictures, nature at its best happened through me lens. I’ll post more later in the week to show what I’m talking about.

Stay tuned!

Photographed 2022.03.19 Dallas, Texas White Rock Lake

White Rock Eagles

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I wen back to the lake to see if the Eagle was there. I went back to the same area and lo and behold, there one was sitting on the same tree branch.

This time I was able to get a little closer without disturbing the bird.

I’ll try again but I’m going to rent a Tamron 150-600mm lens.

Photographed White Rock Lake Dallas,TX. 2022.03.05

White Rock Lake Eagles

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Bald Eagles are not common in Texas. Thera are about 150 known pairs in the entire state. We have a rare sighting of a Bald Eagle pair at an urban lake in Dallas. Last Saturday I decided to head to White Rock Lake to see if I could capture some shots of these beautiful birds. I got there early because I knew the downtown Dallas skyline would be high lighted by the rising sun. I parked and walked towards the lake to get the first shot.

Little did I know that I was being watched.

I turned around to look for the Eagles. Directly behind me, still before sunrise, one was perched in the trees. Of course I took about 40 pictures from that angle. There were marathon runners already our running around the lake as well. The bird didn’t seem to mind, so I got a little closer. I decided to go back up the hill where I parked to get more of a front view and wait for the sun to highlight the eyes and the side of its face. About 50 more pictures as the sun rose.

Then it happened. The bird left the limb. There are quite a few trees around the lake. Most of them got in my shots and all I could see was dark blur behind the trees. I jumped on top of a picnic table to try to get above the trees. The Eagle was down by the lake, flying up then back down to the water. An American Coot, a smaller black duck with a white beak, was swimming and diving under the water.

The Eagle hit the water several times and went back up. I jumped off the table and ran downhill, leaving some of my equipment behind near the table. One more swoop to the water and the Eagle captured the American Coot for breakfast!