Incoming! (20160602-190814-PJG)
This mature bald eagle was caught along the Petitcodiac River. The water colour has given it the informal name of the Chocolate River, mainly caused by the suspension of fine silt in the water. The silt is in constant turbulence, with either the river's downflow, or the near twice daily reversal from the tidal bore coming up from the Bay of Fundy. Near sunset light will make it look orange and at other rare times one might even see blue. :)
Any eagle fishing the Petitcodiac River will eventually have brownish tail feathers, as they dip those feathers in the water on liftoff from a fish snatch.
This shot is the middle shot of three, each separated by ten seconds. When the eagle first came into the area, it was "chased" by a seagull (please see "Riverfront Viewing". It then changed course, coming low against the water in the light of the setting sun (this shot). The mature bald eagle then landed on a rock in the river (please see "Touchdown", posted yesterday).
Taken along the Petitcodiac River, in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada on 2 June 2016.
Incoming! (20160602-190814-PJG)
This mature bald eagle was caught along the Petitcodiac River. The water colour has given it the informal name of the Chocolate River, mainly caused by the suspension of fine silt in the water. The silt is in constant turbulence, with either the river's downflow, or the near twice daily reversal from the tidal bore coming up from the Bay of Fundy. Near sunset light will make it look orange and at other rare times one might even see blue. :)
Any eagle fishing the Petitcodiac River will eventually have brownish tail feathers, as they dip those feathers in the water on liftoff from a fish snatch.
This shot is the middle shot of three, each separated by ten seconds. When the eagle first came into the area, it was "chased" by a seagull (please see "Riverfront Viewing". It then changed course, coming low against the water in the light of the setting sun (this shot). The mature bald eagle then landed on a rock in the river (please see "Touchdown", posted yesterday).
Taken along the Petitcodiac River, in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada on 2 June 2016.