As I was observing ducks and gulls earlier this week on a small suburban pond, most of them suddenly took the air. Instinctively I looked up, suspecting that there was a hawk or eagle overhead, and sure enough I spotted a Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).
I extended my telephoto zoom lens and tried to focus on the moving bird and was a bit surprised when a second eagle flashed across the frame—it was a pair of Bald Eagles. The eagles made several passes over the pond and I was happy to be able to capture these shots, including a couple of images with both of the eagles in the same frame.
This is the first time that I have seen Bald Eagles at this location, but hopefully will not be the last time.
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Mike Powell 
Nice Mike! Always fun to see Eagles and be able to photograph them!
Those are brilliant captures, Mike. Good job!
Wow! Double the majestic wonder… I will never tire of seeing these birds! 🦅
Wonderful captures Mike! Hey my friend, you’re the first to know this apart from Nigel who was with me.. I’ve gotta a new ‘real’ camera. It’ll be a learning curve but I’ll gradually move away from being reliant on my very basic cellphone! Just bought yesterday.
Congratulations. My only advice is to shoot a lot and you’ll gradually get used to where the settings are on the camera and by experimenting a bit you can see what they each do.
It feels quite daunting but I’ll have to make time each day to learn a bit more about it 🙂