I have seen bald eagles in the wild a handful of times, and it never ceases to impress me. These birds of prey are massive! With a wingspan of 6-8 feet they are bigger than me, and I’m 6’3″.
That said I have only ever spotted them in Northern Michigan. So it was quite a treat when I was on Reed’s Lake in East Grand Rapids taking pictures about to call it a day, when a HUGE bird swooped over by some trees. I watched it hoping it was what I thought it was. When it landed on a branch I knew…it had to be a bald eagle! From the distance I was at it looked like a giant black mass amongst the tree branches.
Unfortunately I had been using my new Sigma wide angle lens and couldn’t zoom in to check for sure. So I ran to my car, drove up next to the tree it was in, switched to my Tamron 10-270mm, and took as many pics as the bird would allow. I didn’t have my Tamron 200-400mm lens on me, but I think these turned out pretty decent…
