Flying With Eagles
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Uploaded by tontar on May 18, 2010
Bald Eagles used to be endangered because the use of DDT made their eggs too fragile to survive sitting on for incubation. That was a long time ago and they are no longer a rarity. In the Pacific Northwest the Bald Eagle lives in abundance, and hardly a day goes by that we don't see several near our home. This time of year the eagles are extremely numerous at our flying sites, and so it is common to be able to fly with them on any given flight. They are accustomed to flying with hang gliders, and so we share the air in very close proximity, with apparent comfort and confidence. While the nature of wide angle lenses makes the eagles look small and distant, they are actually quite close and quite large. Their size and proximity in flight is something one will never forget once experiencing!
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@tontar I am just amazed by the whole spectacle and how, in these moments, the world must stop spinning for a while. you guys are so lucky. hope i'll get to exp sth similar one day.
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I had seen flight is beautiful but this is especially wonderful
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amazing
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All you've got to do is train the eagles to throw a loop and you can follow them round! Nice video and nice song.
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Beautiful.
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beautiful. bet the bird is scared shitless though :)
urs0r 1 month ago
@urs0r The eagles are pretty badass, the masters of their environment, so as long as they see us, they don't have a problem. They can easily out fly and outmaneuver us. The worst for them is if they don't see us coming and we surprise them. They look down, for prey, not up like prey worried about an aerial attack. So swooping down on them, it's easy to sneak up on them, and that might startle them for half a second, but then they're back to being the super cool, collected masters again. :-)
tontar 2 weeks ago
i know the song but ho is singing??
shckar 1 year ago
@shckar Jeff Buckley.
tontar 1 year ago
Great movie.
Beautiful site too. Where is it?
Greetings, Henk
redk1te 1 year ago
@redk1te Western Washington, a place called Dog Mountain.
tontar 1 year ago