Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge

Drove about 15 minutes to the wildlife refuge. It consists of over 1800 acres. Through a spotting scope in the visitor center we saw the eagle. Knowing where it was I went outside and used my 300mm lens to get the inset. The rest of the picture is an overview of the refuge using 18mm. The refuge is on 99W in Sherwood just south of the Tualatin line.

[Harry J Benson]

The inset is in approximately in the correct position about 1 1/4 mi (2 km) away

[jerry plume]

Awesome shot, Harry!

[Harry J Benson]

@orangecrush Thank you Jerry, I wish I could have gotten closer

[Carolyn Sue]

that is so cool!!!!

[Harry J Benson]

@cscecil Thank you Carolyn, any time I see an eagle I think it is cool

[Beth]

Those powerful lens get a great picture. I'd have never realized the eagle was there. Excellent capture..

[Harry J Benson]

@vernabeth Thank you Beth, inside the visitors center they said where we could see him with binoculars

[Jen Dee]

Really neat. I like the inset. Did you see them flyinyg?

[Paul Myers]

Very cool Harry. I saw my first bald eagle last year ever. Didn't know what I'd seen until after it had snagged a fish right out of the Sacramento River. Needless to say, I was thrilled.

[Harry J Benson]

@jendee3 Thank you Jen, I took several shots, started to walk closer and he flew away
@webfoot Thank you Paul, they said the other day a heron had got a fish in the pond and the eagle swooped down and took the fish from the heron

[Kerri]

How cool that you got to see an eagle

[Harry J Benson]

@kerristephens Thank you Kerri, very cool

[Paula x2 Brumbe]

really like the inset that you used. Adds a nice touch to the photo

[Harry J Benson]

@brumbe Thank you Paula, I was excited by capturing an eagle in the wild