In January I took a chance on a place, which used to be one of the top three temporary settlement areas for young and immature Eastern Imperial Eagles (EIEs) and White-tailed Eagles (WTEs) one decade ago. The number of wintering eagles has decreased significantly since then, but they still can be seen every day in the area.
Excellent place, although the days I spent there in the last years did not bring much result but some less seriously frozen toes in the hide.
Fortune was on my side at the end of last January and February, I could manage to take closer shots of three different WTEs and two EIEs.
In the latter two, the birds were in their 3rd and possible 4th plumages, which are comparatively rarely observed age classes, therefore high quality photo series are also relatively scarce of them.
The eagles were beautiful, watching and photographing them was really uplifting, hope you will enjoy the images too.
I wish you similar great experiences!
Best regards: András
