I was late in reacting when the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) took off from its perch and I was pretty sure that I had not gotten any decent shots of its departure. Consequently, I skimmed quickly through the shots during my initial review and none of them jumped out at me.
After I had done this morning’s posting, I had a few minutes before I had to depart for work and decided to review the images again. I was surprised to find this shot of the young eagle in flight, shortly after he had pushed off from the tree. It’s reasonably sharp and the wings are in a decent position, so I decided to post the photo as a complement to the first image that showed the eagle completing a difficult landing.
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Mike Powell 
awesome Mike!
Thanks. I consider myself to have been pretty fortunate to be able to get the shots of the eagle.
Looks like a very young one..:-)
Great shot.
Thanks, Ed. When I first saw the bird in the air, I wasn’t sure that it was an eagle, but I used my normal approach–shoot first and ask questions later.
Nice shot. I drove by one recently and he sat and watched me stop and start walking back to him for a minute before flying off.