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Emma-Lawlor — Bald Eagle
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Published: 2010-10-13 17:32:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 3464; Favourites: 108; Downloads: 158
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Description
NAME: Haliaeetus leucocephalusCOMMON NAME: Bald Eagle
IUCN REDLIST: Least Concern (2008)
LOCATION: Feral (not wild, not domesticated, but kept as 'pet' RDS, Dublin
WHEN: October 18, 2008
CAMERA: Canon EOS 400D
LENS: Canon EF-S 18-55mm F3.5-5.6
APERTURE: f/5
SPEED: 1/60
FLASH: yes - inbuilt
This species is native to Canada, North America and Mexico. Threats to this species are mainly due to hunting, poison (usually unintentional; such as poisons, e.g. DDT, for ingestion by rodents to kill off those 'pests' - ingested inturn by these birds leads them to be also poisoned). It had been an endangered species locally in North America (still thriving in Canada) but since 1995, it's population has recovered and stabilised again, going through a threatened status, to finally, a least concern status. (the bird photographed is very much alive and healthy - not a stuffed one)
- If you like this, you will probably like this one even more, by ~Snookless
Also, check out this amazing art piece by ~DoragonRyu referencing my photo
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Comments: 37
Stunning! i love bald eagles, they are so beautiful.
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I certainly think so too, there's a sort of majestic look about bald eagles!
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They do animal events at the RDS? Damn, I never knew that >.>
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Haha, yeah, around October/November they have a pet show. It's mostly dogs and cats, but there's a few reptiles and birds of prey.
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I'll make sure to keep myself updated on it
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I really like this shot of the bald eagle
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OMG, really?!! Of course you can, I would be absolutely honoured! I'd be really grateful if you'd send me a link when your done so I can see it (since you did such a great job with that wolf one there, I'd love to see the eagle one done! 
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oh wow, thank you ^^ yeah, im trying to see if I can do birds like that too XD (plus i learn a whole lot after doing a realistic version, then doing it on my own
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Thank you very much!!
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YOU GOT THA RIGHT!
Animals rock!
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Thank you!! I've barely been on this site much at all the last few months, so sorry about the lack of comments or anything! Still a bunch of your devs still waiting (and piling up) in my deviation box. I've been so busy with my final year project!
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No worries about the comments or lack of same. People come and go in their own time and do their own thing as far as I'm concerned. You could delete all my deviations from your inbox and it wouldn't bother me, I know what its like to fall behind on my inbox. What's the project about? I hope its going well for you.
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It's about Pterosaurs. Trying to figure out their taphonomy (the way they decay and become fossilized) by comparing a bunch of fossils from the same region (from the Solnhofen in Germany) - this way there shouldn't be much disturbance/variation in the way they all became fossilized. So differences should be in the way they decay (and eventually fall apart). This hopefully will be different in the different species (I'm looking at two, one from each of the two main branches of pterosaur evolution - the early pterosaur and the late pterosaur). This will then indicate the difference in how they're made up....for example, the wing would be expected to fall off first, before the leg, due to its loose joint to the shoulder (needed for flapping flight). Maybe it's looser in one species than another, being found more part than together in one species compared to another, meaning more rigorous flapping flight...
It's interesting! I love it!!
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It sounds fascinating. I love it too.
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amazing..simple amazing, i love the feather details and eyes and ahh the colors, >< keep up the good work ^^
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Thank you for the great comment
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It was October 2008, the RDS have some annual pet show, and there were some birds of prey being displayed
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Thanks!!
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Hooooow did you capture this, is it stuffed? lol
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NO! He's actually healthy and alive! He's a trained bird, so was just staying on the falconer's hand, so it was quite easy to get photos of!
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