Hey Baldy ! Jim's new nature photos

Some say that one should make the best of a bad situation.
Well, due to the pandemic, I limited my travels to one day a week.
During that day I accomplished all my errands & local travel.
I stopped by my P.O. Box that day. Prior to that I stopped at a local
market and bought fruits & vegetables.
On the way home I stopped at a Shop-Rite grocery store and bought
meals for the week.

Prior to that I stopped by a bald eagle's nest, that I know of.
This is actually the 5th nest of theirs that I know of.
I've essentially followed them from nest to nest for over a decade,
They've gotten quite comfortable with me.
I've never made any aggressive moves towards them nor their nest
and keep a respectable distance from their nest.
Sometimes I think they feel more comfortable having me there watch their kids,
so they can both fish.
Birds do recognize faces, They get to know people.
Experiments at a college confirmed this,
They even recognized photos of faces and lets face it, eagles have great vision.

Regardless, because if the eagles, the day I chose to do my errands was the sunniest day of each week.
The other thing about the pandemic, is that I wasn't playing sports, as I would have done in
April, May & June of other years. Thus, I was available to take photos at times I usually would not
be available to do so, especially in the evening before the sunset, which is often a key feeding time
for the little ones.

Therefore this year I was able to get more fantastic shots of eagles, than I have the 10 years prior put together because of the pandemic. I took about 600 wonderful photos of them including the parents and their 3 little ones. That was the other different thing this year, They previously only had one or two offspring. This year was the first time they had 3, which did fledge.

I'll show you a few shots, The adults are the ones with white heads & tails.
The kids are brown. The smallest of the 3 is a darker brown. He was the second to fledge.
In bald eagles females are larger than males. With adults its about 20 to 30 % larger.
It takes about 3 to 5 years for them to develop the white head & while tail.

I'll be selling 8" x 10" professional prints at a local
flea market with JimNastics autograph for a whopping $20.
I'll be selling much larger framed autographed prints in some galleries for $200 to $500.

Of course buyers will not have the protective text on them like you will see here
and they will be crystal clear, in total focus;
I know it's somewhat distracting. But try to ignore it.

With no further ado, here's a few of those photos.
Just click on each to view it.