Showing posts with label Golden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Golden. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

 I was at the store, so I am posting some more of yesterday's pictures.


This is a shot of the Golden Eagle just before being photobombed by the Bald Eagle.


Golden Eagle
Homer Spit Harbor


This photo is a view from Anchor Point across Kachemak Bay on a partly cloudy day.

View across Kachemak Bay
Anchor Point, Alaska


Made a few sales at the store, I saw that Ken had sold another of my maze books over the weekend. Only one copy left of the six I brought with me.

Came home and had leftovers, then started cooking tomorrow night's dinner. Yes, I prepare in advance, especially, if I am arriving home at the hour I prefer to eat, not, start cooking. Now, I am smelling, the almost done, baked chicken wings. Timer went off.


Fresh out of the oven, I may have to eat one tonight.





Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Eagles Feeding

I went for a drive on the Sterling Highway, some very beautiful scenery along the way. 

Kachemak Bay
Homer Overlook
Sterling Highway


These are a few shots of a couple of Seagulls chasing off a Golden Eagle.






Saw a bunch of Eagles gathering and followed them, I was rewarded with a bunch of eagles feeding on an otter. 

Eagles feeding on an Otter
Homer Spit Harbor
Alaska


There are more pictures here: ALASKA PORTFOLIO

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Golden Eagle Attack

Awoke to snow falling adding a layer to the melting base layer. The snow had been rapidly melting, though they forecasting more snow, it is getting warmer and it is melting away. Soon it will be a muddy mess around here.

I spent the day at the store, it was soooooo slooooowwww, hard to stay awake. I did have an unexpected passerby just after I got to the store.
A Moose wandered by across the street. I just happened to glance up and see it.


When I was at the, Spit, the other day I captured a sequence of shots of a Golden Eagle attempting to get some dinner. 
The intended prey.

Swooping in to pluck dinner from the bay.

Where did they go?

They're back, is he gone?

After missing his intended dinner, he lands on the rocks to regroup.





 











Saturday, April 10, 2021

Back out at the Spit

Beautiful sunny day, well below freezing. 

Took a drive out to the airport to pickup the meal I had ordered. Guess they read last weeks review, that I had split the meal with my sister, as they included two hunks of bread and two desserts. Very nice of them. The serving was very large with four meatballs on top. The meal was good, though last weeks was better, perhaps a bit too much cheese over shadowed the flavor of the filling. I will be watching for this weeks offering.

Drove to the Spit to see if there was any wildlife, I think everything decided it was too cold. I did spot a Golden Eagle and walked down the beach to take a few shots. VERY COLD!!!

I then took a drive out on the Steward Highway to Anchor Point. I then drove back on the "OLD" highway. I, again, was hoping to spot some wildlife, all I saw was a cat crossing the road. Very nice drive through some snow covered meadows.



Golden Eagle at the Homer Spit




Homer Harbor at the Homer Spit


Golden Eagle at the Homer Spit







Tuesday, April 6, 2021

A Good Day for Eagles

 Started the day by packing all of my camera gear in the truck and headed out.

I took a drive out the Sterling Highway toward Anchorage, I turned off on Diamond Ridge Road. I headed up into the hills to seek wildlife. I did not find anything up there. I headed back toward Homer.

Decided that, as long as, I was passing Safeway I would purchase the few items I needed. Grabbed my camera and my canvas camera bag, okay, where is my camera bag. Back on the kitchen floor with my wallet. Drive back home, get camera bag, head back out. 

I stopped at a store to check out their products. Grabbed the camera and go to attach it to my, Cotton Carrier Vest. Left it at home when I took it off to use the bathroom, no, I am not making another trip to the house. Homer Truffle is across the street, need chocolate. Checked out a couple of stores, stopped at Safeway, then headed to the Spit.

I drove out to the end, there was no action. Drove back down the Spit and stopped when I spotted some eagles hanging out. I sat for there for about 2 hours. I was rewarded with some nice shots of a Golden Eagle. This was courtesy, unknowingly, of another photographer who was taking pictures at the water's edge. He got too close to a Golden Eagle and it flew off, headed in my direction. I aimed and held the shutter release until the cache was full. I hung out for awhile longer and then headed home.

Arrived home to find a couple of puddles on the floor. The roll of paper towels has two pieces left on it, text my sister "Where are the paper towels?" She writes back they are in the basement, though at the bottom she states the "garage" not the "basement". That part is not showing on my screen, so I head to the basement. this involves lifting a couple of plywood doors in the floor of the garage and then removing the slats the that keep the the floor secure when walking on the doors. On the way down you have to be careful or you will (ouch) bang your head, which is exactly what I did. Found them in the garage, after texting her they were not in the basement "why didn't I read her full text". Why didn't she delete the reference to the basement before sending the text????? I don't know.

I posted a number of photos to my site you can see them here:






Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Homer Wildlife

Wildlife is everywhere around Homer



Driving around Homer came across 
this moose on the side of the road.
Grabbing a bite to eat from someones yard.


Bald Eagle flying by the beach.