Wildlife Photography across the Water: Shock of my life

Thursday 1 April 2010

Shock of my life

On opening the curtains this morning only to see a White Tailed Sea Eagle eating the frog spawn in my pond. I banged on the window and shouted at it to leave the spawn alone, but it wasnt having any of it. I ran downstairs opened the backdoor and chased it away. Sadly I have now lost more than half of the spawn in the pond.

I was so upset I didnt even think to get an image of it at the pond, although I did get some while it was circling over head before it flew away.

Now I think there is a link and reason for this incredible story. Shortly after this episode, I became aware of this story on Birdguides.

I can only assume that the Eagle had been scared off from its homeland, and was so traumatised that it chose to fly 400 miles south from its homeland.

Martin

2 comments:

Anonymous1 April 2010 at 10:59
It's on its way to the HCT guys. The eagle had heard tweets that the only way to win a "wildlife" competition on certain forum was to live in a zoo. It wants a piece of the action next time around :)
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mM15 April 2010 at 10:41
sad...but nice pic...

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David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.