lbuscher wrote:
OK Thang I took a better look at it and this looks like a silver band which I would have to say is a Federal Band.If this is the federal band than there should be another on the left leg and in color.From the condition of it I could be wrong about the birds age as the band looks beat up and not like the Federal bands we use here in the US. If there is no other band on the other leg than maybe this bird was banded outside the US. The F&W will know if any birds were banded being you have captured one in flight. Contact them and show what you have so far and they should want to help you as much as they can. Keep trying guy.
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Lou - you're amazing!!! I will keep looking for better shots of the bands. These were taken at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine, CA on Saturday, Nov 21st. Thanks.
Lou - Looking through over 400 images, I can get 2 numbers out of the right tag. They look like 8 and 6 or 9. I don't think there's any tag on the left leg. Please see below.
Mr Zoom wrote:
WOW Thang WOW Can't believe you got this in Irvine WOW
A super congrats on the super rare sighitng and awesome captures!
Ken
Thanks Ken. Thought it was a Turkey Vulture from the distance as I was driving in. Had to turn my head for another look. Glad that I did though.
squareeyez wrote:
man that was something! Thanks for sharing it! Nice and charp, too
Thank you for your nice compliments.
Rob Tillyer wrote:
Great job Thang, congrats on the first.
Rob
Thanks Rob. It was exciting.
thehotel wrote:
Way to go Thang. Great captures.
Wacky roger
Founding Member Of OOOPs
Thank you sir. It was a great 15-minute thrill.
RKnecht wrote:
Excellent captures here Thang. Nothing wrong with nature being nature. I'd be proud of any of these images.
Thank you. It was a thrill to see this bird in person.
eyelaser wrote:
Awesome shots! Never too many of this beautiful raptor...congrats on a great capture.
Eric
Thanks Eric. It’s such a majestic bird!
Jody Melanson wrote:
Congrats Thang! Awesome series buddy.
Thank you sir, Master of BIF.
jg5150 wrote:
Awesome images! Love them all.
Joe
Thanks Joe. Glad you like them. I did too…)
sculpin wrote:
Great images. Well done!
Thank you!
waldr_p wrote:
Excellent shots. Thanks for sharing them. Paul.
Thanks Paul. It was a treat.
lbuscher wrote:
Thang number 11 on canvas for sure. Beautiful. You know that photo I would send to the F&W for your area as it is really a fine capture and worthy of some reward to your photographic ability.
Lou
Thanks Lou. Hope the images I posted will give us some info about the bird.
Shasoc wrote:
Congrats, Thang! These are awesome captures, definitely worth more than an HG
Socrate
Thank you Socrate. I am not sure if I will ever see this bird again. It was fantastic.
Schlotkins wrote:
Wow - very nice! Didn't think I'd see one of these in Irvine. I need to get out shooting more.
I didn’t expect to see one either. Initially, thought it was a turkey vulture from a distance against the sun in the back drop.
Jude Perera wrote:
Super captures. Very nice series.
Jude
Thanks Jude.
Martin Good wrote:
Superb series Thang!
Congratulations
Between the Bobcats and the GE the humble Coot is proving to be an important source of food!
Martin
Yes Martin. The coots sure keep these guys full and healthy.
Lil Judd wrote:
Super series Thang,
OK there was one I jumped at - I admit.
But - I could not pass on congratulation you on this one.
A Golden Eagle in Irvine - you know everyone's going to want to know where.
Congratulations on an excellent set & since I don't want to take a chance at seeing a certain shot again- Just know I love the IF shots.
Lil
Thanks Lil. Hope it didn’t gross you out too much. It means a lot that you did take a quick peek. )
Tim Kuhn wrote:
Congratulations Thang!!! Wow what a set
Gotta love the coot foot going down
Tim
Thanks Tim. Yep it was amazing to see the GE swallowed it whole!
bruceali wrote:
Wow really nice and sharp images, #3 is a classic!
Bruce
Thanks Bruce! )
Jim Bau wrote:
Awesome captures Thang!!! In Irvine to boot!
Thanks Jim. SJWS is alive even with all the construction going on…
deedee4re wrote:
Hi Thang,
I heard about this yesterday. What GREAT captures!!
Congrats!!!
DeeDee
Thanks DeeDee. I also provided some tag info in one of the above posts.
Ted ellis wrote:
Very cool. Great series Thang.
Ted
Thanks Ted. It was a cool feeling to witness this bird through the VF.
raymondjbarlow wrote:
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetttttttttttttttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!! congrats buddy, really well done!, that is one full tummy!
Thanks man! Hope you approved those BIF shots. )
Duane N wrote:
Man, you did good with this series. Look at the size of that crop!
Yep, even with the 600 on the cropped body, I still have to crop a whole bunch. Didn’t want to get too close to spook the bird away.
Netgarden wrote:
Fantastic get Thang!!! Beautiful job on exposures too. It's been seen alot in the golf course area, is that where it was? thnx
Thanks Linda. Yeah, I didn’t know that until Bruce told me later that afternoon.
tfoltz wrote:
Thang,
Awesome, awesome, awesome Congratulations!
I would be as giddy as a kid in a candy shop
Love them all.
Tim
Thanks Tim. Sorry that you weren’t able to make it in time. Hopefully, the bird will stay around a bit longer.
HOWARD KEARLEY wrote:
Awesome,
Howard
Thank you Howard.
elbmuh wrote:
Awesome Thang! Nice captures!
Jason-
Thanks Jason.
BearCreekLar wrote:
Absolutely gorgeous!! You did an Awesome job!
Larry
Thank you Larry. The light was good that afternoon. The BG is washed out but I am not complaining.
hhski wrote:
nice.
Thank you.
morgan15 wrote:
Very Great job
Morgan15
Thank you Morgan. Sure would love to have 1 or 2 BE in the area…
David Leask wrote:
A fabulous set Thang - kudos to you!
David
Thanks a bunch David!
kosin wrote:
Superb series!
#8 was brutal enough for me
Thanks Kosin. The bird wasted no time with his meal.
Ed Swift wrote:
Wow. love the set.
Thanks Ed. I appreciate your comment.
deedee4re wrote:
Hi Thang,
One more thing. Do you have any pics where you can read the band. I can get you the story behind Goldy. =)
Thanks in Advance,
DeeDee
Thanks DeeDee. Please see my responses to you and Lou in above posts.
Sirfishalot wrote:
Congrats Thang!
Awesome images there buddy.
JayT
Thanks a bunch Jay. Sure hope the GE will be around a bit longer.
Riddim_Maker wrote:
I'm so happy I stopped in to take a quick peek
What a sweet and rare series Thang
Congratulation and thanks for sharing
Thanks Russ. Glad that you were able to take a quick peek. Looking forward to see more images from your “Osprey Project”!
Larry Williams wrote:
Thang,
You must of been sitting on the next telephone pole to get those wonderful shots. Very nice job.
Larry
Thanks Larry. The 600 on a cropped body sure helped. I did have to crop quite a bit during PP though.
Thang great for looking over more and getting the one you just posted. I do not see any Acraft bands that match this style on my chart but I will see if I can go further on this info we now have. I may use a few of your photos (if thats OK with you) so could you PM me with your name and a way a State can contact you if I get lucky.
Lou
fwyflyr wrote:
Thang -
Way to go! Another rare opportunity under your belt.
You got the fly-in shots with prey! That is so cool!
- Ken
Ken - those IF shots at beginning were from the-after-the-meal fly-out. I put a couple up front so people can stop after these shots if they don't want to see the gruesomeness...Wish I was there for the initial catch and the fly-in with prey though!!! Or I could PS them in...
I think I know the Biologist who banded this beautiful creature - one of the last of our Golden Eagles here in Orange County and it was near The Ponds.
I think I know the Biologist who banded this beautiful creature - one of the last of our Golden Eagles here in Orange County and it was near The Ponds.
I'll send you an e-mail about it.
Cheers,
DeeDee
Thanks DeeDee. Don't have access to email from work but will read it tonight. That would be so cool if the bird was local. Lou is also checking with the F&W as well.
Powerful looking eagle Thang. Congrats on this encounter and the nice array of images you got. Dining on Coot doesn't sound enticing to me but that eagle leaves little behind of that meal
#2,11,12 for me, wonderful sir!
Karl Witt wrote:
Powerful looking eagle Thang. Congrats on this encounter and the nice array of images you got. Dining on Coot doesn't sound enticing to me but that eagle leaves little behind of that meal
#2,11,12 for me, wonderful sir!
Karl
Thanks Karl. "Powerful" is a perfect word to describe this majestic bird.
saikit wrote:
That is one very long bone
Thanks. I think that the coot's feet.
Ed Robertson wrote:
Wonderful work Thang. Ed
Thank you sir.
genemiller wrote:
Fantastic Golden Eagle series, Thang! The crispness and colors are amazing. My favorite is number nine - the feather detail is top-notch.
GENE
Thanks Gene. Wish I had a bit more courage to get in closer.
Thang, I heard from the Calif. F&W this morning and here is what they had to say
Lou
Hello Lou. I looked at the partial photo that you submitted. I think that band actually is the federal bird band. I am not aware of Golden eagle banding being done by the State. There are some non profits that work with them but in any case the Federal bird banding lab would have primary responsibility for maintaining the banding records. I doubt that they will be able to provide you with much since not many numbers were showing. You may check their website at:
What kind of bird was the eagle eating? I can see a wing in its talon. Good luck with your search.
Jeff
My reply
Hi Jeff,
Thanks for the reply on the golden. It had a Coot from what I could see from
other photos the photographer got of the entire sequence. He did a great job
in taking it in flight and it is a really good looking bird and I though it
to be a young bird as it did show some white plumage in other photos. I will
pass this on to the photographer in Calif.
Lou Buscher
www.loubuscher.com
PS I think you should submit the same photo to the link mention or I will do it for you if you want but it should go in for a look and you can give a better representation than I can
