{"id":490,"date":"2010-04-02T20:28:05","date_gmt":"2010-04-03T00:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/?p=490"},"modified":"2010-04-02T20:28:05","modified_gmt":"2010-04-03T00:28:05","slug":"american-bald-eagle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/american-bald-eagle\/","title":{"rendered":"American Bald Eagle"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the highlights on my recent trip to Florida to photograph migrating birds was spending time at an American Bald Eagle nest.
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Male American Bald Eagle watching over nest with 2 chicks<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

With this being my first time photographing American Bald Eagles, I was hopeful to learn some biology as well as come away with a few shots worth keeping. There was some interesting history associated with this nest. Apparently American Bald Eagles are very good parents. 2 weeks prior to our arrival, an Audubon biologist climbed this pine tree and placed an orphaned chick in the nest with the biological chick. The result? The mother and father took to the orphan just like there own. The only difference was double the fish to catch!
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Male American Bald Eagle in Pine Tree<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Given the beautiful weather it was a pleasure to be outside this morning. In fact this was the nicest of the mornings we had to date. There were also some local photographers and bird enthusiasts around so picking up some local knowledge about the nest was easy. <\/p>\n

It was however a little strange waiting for the sweet light at sunrise. You see this nest is in a cemetery!<\/p>\n

I wish I were able to show you closer images but I had equipment trouble at the end of the trip and my lens was just not long enough. The story of my life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the highlights on my recent trip to Florida to photograph migrating birds was spending time at an American Bald Eagle nest. With this being my first time photographing American Bald Eagles, I was hopeful to learn some biology as well as come away with a few shots worth keeping. There was some interesting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t