These Bald eagles were discovered and photographed by Sling Pitts in the Tampa Bay area.
A few days ago I received an email from Liz Vreeland, the bird rescue lady, and it had several photos attached. They were photos of two Bald eagles on the ground in a somewhat contorted position. Here is Liz’s message:
The Eagles were probably fighting and fell to the ground tired with talons clenched. This man in St. Pete, Sling, was letting his dogs out at dusk and the dog ran to them in a wooded area behind his house. He kept an eye on them every few minutes but by the time I got there they were gone. I investigated and asked my teachers and they thought that was what happened. Only found a few downy feathers and no blood or trails …poof…they were gone!
Bald eagles in a clinch. Photo by Sling Pitts of St. Petersburg, FL.
I’ve always loved Bald eagles, so I was really excited to get these and wanted to share them with my blog readers. I emailed Sling and asked his permission to publish his awesome eagle pictures. Sling generously allowed me to publish his photos, so here they are. Here is what he had to say about the eagles:
They were found on the ground at about 6:30pm. Both birds were laying spread out with one bird partially covering the other as if it was protecting it’s mate. I checked on them every half hour after that. At about 9pm, one of the birds was sitting up and the other was still laying down; the bird that was upright had it’s wing kind of over the one that was down . The next time I checked on them they were gone. I checked around the area and did not see any loose feather nor blood, so I assumed they were fine and flew away. The two birds were very calm as I approached them; I was about 5-6 feet away most of the time.
How many times in your life are you going to walk out into your back yard an find two eagles?
And have a camera available.
Thanks Sling. Cool photos.
How about a Stumble, a Digg, or a Tweet for these mighty warriors!
