• This is the male Adult Bald Eagle up river from the DAM @ Great Falls..

Splish-Splash - Eagles take a bath in the Potomac @ Great Falls Maryland - 1 2 3 [4]

I went back again today, 7/8/2006 to check on the eagles. What I learned today is that they have a second nest. (*updated, more likely a favorite tree, not a second nest) It's up river from the main nest. After watching them for about an hour, the female flew down to the water, and started cooling off and taking a bath. A bit later the male joined in and did the same. The female then flew to another rock, shook off a bit, and then flew to a tree and preened herself. The male joined her after about 5 minutes on his own in the water. I heard Jr. but didn't see him today.

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  1. TakumaAkiba (72 months ago | reply)

    WOW! I never new birds would submerge themselves like this.
    As always, your timing and shots are incredible!

  2. pinklassy3 (72 months ago | reply)

    That is awsome...I never knew that birds would get in the water that deep either....great capture

  3. mjp3000 (72 months ago | reply)

    Very nice!

  4. Doug Lloyd (72 months ago | reply)

    That would be interesting if they nested twice in one season.
    Doug

  5. Nikographer [Jon] (72 months ago | reply)

    Thanks everyone!

    @Doug, yeah I'm having flashbacks to the special "Caracals and Eagles" where 2 black eagles duel-bruded (unsucessfully btw, in Africa)... I can't say at this point if there is another offspring in that nest, I just couldn't see, but one of the adults was inside the nest for a long time, while the other adult was just on a branch adjacent to the nest...

    I started a thread about my eagle adventures in the Wildlife Photography group if you care to read it...

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