Local Bald Eagles

I am thankful for the recovery of the bald eagle population. We live near two large cities, Baltimore, MD and Washington, DC and yet, we frequently see eagles.

I became aware of a deer carcass because of the crows that were feeding on it. I stopped to see what else might appear. In a short time an eagle flew by obviously interested in an easy meal...

It was exciting to see the eagle set it's wings and come in for a landing...

It quickly began eating...

I remained in my vehicle parked about forty yards from from the carcass. I was using a Nikon 80-400 mm lens; all of these images were cropped in the computer during post processing...

It frequently looked skyward, as if it were expecting to be joined by another eagle...

I was surprised by the amount of meat that it could eat in the 30 minutes that I watched...

When a second eagle did appear overhead the first one wasted no time rising to meet it...

I was anticipating a violent clash over which bird had the right to feed on the carcass...

Instead, after a couple of feigned aerial maneuvers...

Both eagles flew away together with no sign of animosity.

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