Bald Eagle Pictures
Most of my Bald Eagle pictures were photographed within the Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People along the northeast coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada and in Alaska.
Eagles represent many things in our culture; for some the use of an eagle represents power and dignity, while for others they mean freedom and majesty, but one thing is for sure, eagles are beautiful, regal and mysterious. They can be very hard to photograph due to them spending much of their time in the sky and the trees, but when one is captured on film, it gives us a rare close up of what an eagle truly looks like and how amazing they are.
The Bald Eagle and the Golden Eagle can only be found in the United States and Canada, and these are the most easily recognized species of eagle. However, there are over 60 species in Eurasia and Africa, with about nine more in South America, and three that live in Australia. Most of the eagles photographed in this collection come from Vancouver Island in BC, Canada and Alaska.
One of the most amazing things about eagles is the way they can soar through the air on their wings and their ability to see their prey from miles away and then swoop down to take it in their talons. Watching an eagle in the wild gives one a sense of freedom that we can never have, as we cannot fly above the tree tops and spend our days floating on air. The fascination that eagles provide for humans explains why so many representations of eagles are used as symbols in our society.
Enjoy my selection of Eagle Pictures and photos.
Adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) with spread wings and a freshly caught seagull in its talons on seaweed during low tide in the Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.
Four bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) resting on a log
Bald eagle during snow storm, Alaska, winter
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, turning in flight. Canada/Alaska
Bald eagle landing on a rock which is only exposed at low tide, with mussel beds in the back ground, Knight Inlet, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.
Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) sitting on a branch on a foggy day in the Great Bear Rainforest, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.
American Bald Eagle with spread wings ready to catch a fish
Multiple hungry bald eagles sitting in a tree along the Great Bear Rainforest coastline near the Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, British Columbia, Canada.
Bald eagle just before cathcing a fish with wide spread wings. haliaeetus leucocephalus
Adult bald eagle (scientific name: Haliaeetus leucocephalus) fishing with wide open wings split second away to catch a fish
bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Brackendale, Squamish, Squamish River, Cheakamus River, Mamquam rivers, British Columbia, Canada
Bald Eagle in flight with a clean blue sky, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Bald eagle hunting and catching a fish, British Columbia, Canada.
Bald eagle in flight with a fresh caught red snapper in its powerful talons, Pacific Ocean off the British Columbia coast, Canada.
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Alaska, Homer, USA
Bald eagle in flight with a fresh caught rock fish in its powerful talons, Pacific Ocean off the British Columbia coast, Canada.
Bald eagle sitting on a stump on a clear blue sky day at the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska in winter.
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Alaska, Homer, USA
Bald Eagle, Alaska,
Alaska, winter
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Alaska, Homer, USA
Alaska, winter, bald eagle, homer, alaska, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Alaska, Homer, USA
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Alaska, Homer, USA
bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Brackendale, Squamish, Squamish River, Cheakamus River, Mamquam rivers, British Columbia, Canada
Two Bald Eagles sitting on a branch, ready to take off. Haliaeetus Leucocephalus
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Alaska, Homer, USA
A young (brown head) and an older bald eagle (white head) (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) sitting on a old tree in front of blue water background.
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Alaska, Homer, USA
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Alaska, Homer, USA
A fully grown bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, flying along the shore of Northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada
Alaska, winter, bald eagle, homer, alaska, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bald eagle sitting on drift woode along the shoreline during a snow storm.
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Alaska, Homer, USA
Alaska, winter
American bald eagle flying, clear blue sky, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Alaska, Homer, USA
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Alaska, Homer, USA
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Alaska, Homer, USA
Alaska, winter, Homer, Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
American Bald Eagle with spread wings ready to catch a fish
Alaska, winter, Homer, Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bald eagle sitting on piling of a old wooden wharf in Knight Inlet, Great Bear Rainforest on the British Columbia mainland, Canada.
Bald eagle flying with fish along the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia coast, British Columbia, Canada.
Bald eagle flying along the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia coast, British Columbia, Canada.
Bald eagle just before catching a fish in Broughton Archipelago Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. haliaeetus leucocephalus
Two blad eagles resting on a piling in Broughton Archipelago Provincial Park, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.. Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bald eagle sitting on an old tree along the Great Bear Rainforest, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.
Bald eagle flying in front of a cruiseship close to the Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.
Adult bald eagle flying low over water ready to catch a fish in Broughton Archipelago Marine Provincial Park of northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Bald eagle soaring on a beautiful spring day above the Broughton Archipelago, First Nations Territory, British Columbia, Canada.
Bald eagles feeding on herring, Blackfish Sound, First Nations Territory, Vancouver Island, First Nations Territory, Traditional Territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw People, British Columbia, Canada.