Ringing the Eagle's leg

Thanks for all your lovely comments on my eagle shots to date - most appreciated. I'll post a couple more over the next few days. Here we can see the bird's leg being ringed. The guy wasn't scared to get up close and personal. He was so enthusiastic about his job - and rightly so - what a great job to have!

[julia]

Good grief certainly getting up close and very personal with this big fella... great shot.. fav

[Dianne]

He looks like he really needs an assistant! Good on him for being so good at his job.

[Pam Knowler]

Wow how exciting to see this!

[Wylie]

Great shot, looks messy!

[Kitty Hawke]

Goodness...that is a big bird !

[Margo Sayer]

This is something else...and don't expect to see many more such. It could (almost) be a still from a disaster movie...? Wonderful shot.

[Casablanca]

Wow, fair play to him! That is a serious job to do with those talons and the size of the bird!

[Margaret Brown]

A very challenging job by the looks of things, good capture!

[Peter Day]

….and the winner is....

[Pat Knowles]

You can get such an idea of scale here...he’s a very big bird & only a young one too! He could do some serious damage with claws like that so a brave man!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

sure is a large bird :)

[Kathy]

Interesting. Like someone above says, the size of the bird is incredible. Especially when one only sees them flying in the sky from a distance.

[Taffy]

That takes some bravery and a lot of knowledge of the right way to approach. So interesting! And the bird is huge!

[Tom]

Great capture, and he isn't even wearing gloves

[Denise (lyndemc)]

Yes, he's got an enviable job. And you zoomed right in on the action.