Video: Bald Eagles of Homer, Winter 2007

As a preface, most people can’t believe how many eagles are in one location… this is untouched footage, no video trickery:) This video was made on a typical morning shoot in Jean Keene’s yard, back in 2007, shot from a point and shoot camera in movie mode. The person with their back to Tim in the opening clip is Jean, as she preps and tosses fish over the wall. I have been in her yard when there have been easily twice this number of Bald Eagles at one time… and yes, they do get that close. Closer at times, I’ve seen them land on abandoned tripods, cameras, and even the occasional human head! This is usually accompanied by a muffled, “Hoooooly, sh!t” It’s a quick clip, but fun. Favorite part? When Tim says, “Too bad there’s not enough eagles here…”

As a side note, Jean usually fed 500 lbs of fish to the eagles, each day. Around 40,000 lbs throughout a winter. Quite a women.

Eagles of Homer, Alaska

Posted on Sunday, January 18th, 2009 at 12:11 am. Filed under: Adventure, Alaska, Birds, Dave Taylor, Eagles, Homer, Humor, Kenai Peninsula, Tim Smith, Video, Wildlife, winter RSS 2.0 feed.