Squaw Creek NWR, December 2006: Eagles. See trip report on eaglephoto.net. Hover pointer over thumbnail for caption. Click on any thumbnail to start photo show at that point.
Bald eagle, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. Bald eagle carries a goose leg back to its roost, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. Juvenile bald eagle with geese in the background, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. Bald eagle, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. Juvenile bald eagle, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006.
Juvenile bald eagle, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. Bald eagles (residents) vocalizing at one of their old nests, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. Bald eagles (residents, mates?), Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. Taken with DSLR and 420mm lens. Compare to next image, which was digiscoped. Bald eagles (residents, mates?), Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. Taken through a telescope (i.e. digiscoped). Compare to previous image, which was taken with a DSLR. Bald eagles (residents, mates?) near the active nest site, digiscoped, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006.
Bald eagle, digiscoped, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. Juvenile bald eagle, very dark plumage indicates it is probably less than a year old, digiscoped, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. Bald eagle roosts on a muskrat lodge as ducks and geese swarm around, digiscoped, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. A bald eagle keeps an eye out for others trying to steal its prize, a dead goose, digiscoped, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. The juvenile bald eagles hang around hoping to steal food from the adult eagle, digiscoped, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006.
Two juvenile bald eagles try to steal food from an adult eagle, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. A bald eagle stirs up the snow geese, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. A bald eagle roosts on a muskrat lodge to down a snack, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. A bald eagle takes off from a muskrat lodge, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. Red-tailed hawk, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006.
Harrier (I think), Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. Kingfisher, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. Blue heron, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. Bald eagle (resident), Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006. Bald eagles (residents) at sunset, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006.
Sunset at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri, December 2006.

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