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December 20, 2017 by Mike Powell

If one Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is good, two are even better. The challenge with any couple,though, is to get both of them to smile for you and look at the camera. This was the eagle couple’s best pose on Monday morning at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Posted in Birds, Nature, Photography, Portraits, wildlife, Winter | Tagged Bald Eagle, Bald Eagle couple, Canon 50D, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Tamron 150-600mm, Woodbridge VA | 6 Comments

6 Responses

on December 20, 2017 at 7:21 am | Reply Laura (PA Pict)

Incredible! This is a really wonderful photo. Also, can those eagles come visit me and tell me kids how to pose and behave for the camera.
on December 20, 2017 at 9:27 am | Reply Ellen Jennings

Great capture, Mike! How exciting to see the pair together like that.
- on December 20, 2017 at 9:49 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks. I think, Ellen, that I was holding my breath when I first saw them and started shooting. I think I ended up with over a dozen shots of one of them facing away before I finally was able to get a shot with both of them more or less facing to the front.
  - on December 21, 2017 at 8:18 am Ellen Jennings
    
    Oh, yeah, sometimes we have to remind our selves to breathe while we wait.
on December 20, 2017 at 11:03 am | Reply kenneturner

Perfect!
on December 20, 2017 at 8:41 pm | Reply exploringcolour

Its wonderful to see the two of them! The one in the centre looks well-groomed and noble. The other looks like he/she is having a ‘bad hair’ day. Odd couple!