This is it, no more deer shots unless they have horns or fighting or something good, no more turkeys shots unless they are strutting or doing something different and absolutely positively no more photos of wheat. LOL.

After working all night, I went by the ospreys this morning. I got there around 8, and left around 11. I took about 600 shots. I narrowed that down to 60, and narrowed that down to whats posted below. There is not much post production work on these images, I was way to tired.

This was my fourth trip to the ospreys, three of those were by myself. It is a very lonely place when there is no one to talk to.

This morning was a whole lot better than yesterday, but I didn’t see them bring any food in and it wasn’t because they weren’t trying.

In case you haven’t heard, the baby eaglet that fell from the nest last week, died Saturday while undergoing treatment. Considering only about 20-30 percent of juveniles reach maturity and 70-90 percent of eagles die their first year of life, Hiram and Julia are still doing better (6 out of 9 at Shiloh) than the rest of the eagle population. I know it doesn’t make it any better, but that’s just the way it is.

When I got off this morning, the rain had stopped and the sun was making an appearance. I went by the osprey location. The ospreys are just like eagles, when there is good light, no birds, but when the clouds and rain come in, so do they. I stayed about 30 mins. These pics are for reference only, I was shooting ISO – INFINITY. It was so dark when I shot these, the street lights at the boat ramp were on.

I had a nice day with some old eagle buddies, shooting ospreys. All of this in part because of Peggy L. for giving the location, Kenneth W. for his great scouting and recon, and Ken C for lending me a 500mm and a 1.4 extender. That is about 1120 mm, enough to reach out and touch someone. My hats off to all the big boys that carry these heavy lens around all day, after about 800 shots, with what felt like 50lbs before it was over, I was tried. I have not went through all the shots yet, but I am sure more are coming, and depending on a surveillance report later today, there could be some new eagle shots real soon.

I have nothing new on the eaglet that fell Saturday, other than it has a broken right wing and a broken left foot. It is being cared for at the Memphis zoo. For updated news as it is available, check the Shiloh Eagle Photographers on Facebook or the Shiloh Park Facebook.