This might not be the right distance to meet a Bald Eagle (
Haliaeetus leucocephalus). I grant you that. But my camera does have a pretty good zoom, but this is really close.
It's probably clear that we're not looking at a wild bird. Well, it's wild, but not
in the wild. Unfortunately someone apparently shot its wing and the bird has been somewhat tamed and serves as a wildlife ambassador. We were at the Salmon Festival on Saturday at Knight's Ferry on the Stanislaus River.
Bald Eagles aren't at all common in our area but a few of them live here. I've seen them at Turlock Lake and near the Beckwith Platform in the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge.
But never this close!
Here's a more normal distance for a shot of an eagle...
Spectacular and gorgeous photos! What a thrill, (even though sadly it had been shot and no longer able to live in the wild), that you got to see this beautiful majestic eagle, so close up! A couple of my friends were there that day also, and really enjoyed the Salmon Festival.
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