Just wanna share the find that made my day after a rather disappointing morning at the Jelutong Tower...
White Bellied Sea Eagles - a family day for them too ?
They were very far away from where I was. All shots taken using D70 + 480mm scope + 3x barlow lens (something like a TC), giving me an effective and mind boggling focal length of 2160mm on my camera. Manual focusing. At a rather bad time too : 2:30pm.
I was just casually scanning the tall, bare trees in the distance with a pair of 10x40s when I saw a dark shape perched on one of the trees :
A closer view :
While I was still observing it, it was joined by it's mate :
Answering their baby's call ? - I saw the juvenile soaring in the area for a while before it disappeared into the trees. It never did come out into the open again and I didn't manage to spot where it landed. But I could hear it's call very clearly.
This 'communication' between the 2 adults and the juvenile happened several times during the hour I was with them, each lasting a few minutes. I can still hear their calls ringing in my ears !
White Bellied Sea Eagles - a family day for them too ?
They were very far away from where I was. All shots taken using D70 + 480mm scope + 3x barlow lens (something like a TC), giving me an effective and mind boggling focal length of 2160mm on my camera. Manual focusing. At a rather bad time too : 2:30pm.
I was just casually scanning the tall, bare trees in the distance with a pair of 10x40s when I saw a dark shape perched on one of the trees :
A closer view :
While I was still observing it, it was joined by it's mate :
Answering their baby's call ? - I saw the juvenile soaring in the area for a while before it disappeared into the trees. It never did come out into the open again and I didn't manage to spot where it landed. But I could hear it's call very clearly.
This 'communication' between the 2 adults and the juvenile happened several times during the hour I was with them, each lasting a few minutes. I can still hear their calls ringing in my ears !