Homer Eagles

WOW! What a week spent in Homer, AK photographing eagles with our friends from Maryland, Fred and Bobbie, who also LOVE to photograph eagles. Well over 1500 images from the week and I hope to post a few on this blog for you to enjoy. Eagles are such wonderful birds, very large here in AK, and as Bobbie said, the higher the latitude the bigger the birds. I do believe that is true. The eagle lady, Jean Keene, passed away in January but her helper Steve is still feeding them until the end of March. Hundreds come for the daily morning feeding and enjoy the whole herring that is thrown for them. Many of them catch the fish on the fly and some fight for it on the snow covered beach. Others are brave and land on the fencing around the table Steve uses to open the boxes. Jean and Steve both have a close relationship with these eagles. They fly so close you can hear their wings as they fly overhead. Friday was a very windy day with waves over 10 feet and the eagles had trouble flying. In fact, I could not even hardly get my car door open let alone walk to a good shooting spot. I hope you enjoy some of my photos. Highly recommend a trip to AK in the winter as there is such beauty with the pristine, white stuff all over the ground and mountains.