{"id":4747,"date":"2017-02-02T23:26:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T07:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=4747"},"modified":"2017-02-02T23:26:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T07:26:04","slug":"bald-eagle-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=4747","title":{"rendered":"Bald Eagle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With a change in the&nbsp;weather forecasted for tomorrow,&nbsp;figured I should get out for a short walk in the sunshine this afternoon. I headed out to Reifel and on checking near the entrance,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4748\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4748\" alt=\"White-throated Sparrow\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WTSP016.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WTSP016.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WTSP016-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/WTSP016-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White-throated Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; the White-throated Sparrow did pop out into the open a couple of times. I then made my way out the east and north dyke trails. On approaching the tower I noted an immature Bald Eagle in&nbsp;a tree across from it. So up I went with the hopes of getting some take off\/landing or flight shots.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4749\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4749\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4749\" alt=\"Bald Eagle\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BAEA166.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BAEA166.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BAEA166-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BAEA166-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bald Eagle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While I was on the camera photographing this bird I heard quite the commotion below me with ducks scattering. On looking up from the camera a different immature Bald Eagle had landed on the railing next to me with what was left of a duck&nbsp;and proceeded to finish off.&nbsp;At this point it way too close for my 400mm lens, so&nbsp;I resorted to my cell phone&nbsp;(Lumia 950XL)&nbsp;for this video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BoyERWL-txw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After&nbsp;several minutes of video I chanced retrieving my camera and moving to the far side of the tower to get beyond my minimum focussing distance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4750\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4750\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4750\" alt=\"Bald Eagle\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BAEA167.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BAEA167.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BAEA167-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BAEA167-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4750\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bald Eagle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Bald Eagle just kept on munching away unperturbed with my (and another couple that&nbsp;came up after seeing what happened) being there.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4751\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4751\" alt=\"Bald Eagle\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BAEA168.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BAEA168.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BAEA168-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/BAEA168-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bald Eagle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;This was a first for me being this close to a wild Bald Eagle (other than one time I stood by with an injured one waiting or O.W.L.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0thG3X0DI7w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I finished off with this close up video taken&nbsp;with the camera. Definitely not something that happens every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a change in the&nbsp;weather forecasted for tomorrow,&nbsp;figured I should get out for a short walk in the sunshine this afternoon. I headed out to Reifel and on checking near the entrance, &#8230; the White-throated Sparrow did pop out into the open a couple of times. I then made my way out the east and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=4747\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bald Eagle&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,11],"tags":[130,183],"class_list":["post-4747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-george-c-reifel-migratory-bird-sanctuary","tag-bald-eagle","tag-white-throated-sparrow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4747"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4753,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4747\/revisions\/4753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}