I love conducting winter raptor surveys for East Cascades Audubon. I traverse two specific routes, counting & hopefully photographing each raptor that I encounter. Some days I have wonderful luck and other days not so much. This day in February was a good one! Many of the raptors you see on my website were found during surveys.
Bald Eagle taking off in flight. Shot at 500mm, cropped for detail.
Sometimes I can’t get the photo because they’re too far away; or in this instance, too close for my lens.
A Golden Eagle flying too close for my 500mm lens to capture, but look at that wing pattern!