TADA!! Today's excitement

Shelly · **Posted:** Fri Aug 07, 2009 4:53 pm

Sorry for the suspense but I had to process my pics. OMG - this was such an incredible sight!! Azalea was in the nest tree, then took off & was just cruising around. Then she started calling out & flew past the nest towards Baker Hall (into the sun, naturally!!) All of a sudden the adult appears and they come together in the air. After looking at my pics, the adult is passing a fish to Azalea and she finally takes it!!!!! It was incredible to see them upside down. I'm still excited from seeing it, and my pics aren't great but I GOT pics!!!
Azalea upside down

The adult is really trying to push the fish into Azalea's talons - and poor Azalea looks like she's still not sure what to do

Come on Azalea, take it!!

Almost got it

Go girl, go!!!

Success!! She got it (ok, sorry I clipped her front half off!)

joefore · **Joined:** Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:41 pm **Posts:** 250

Great! Congrats on those wonderful action shots!!! Thanx for sharing them as I was tired of dark photos of HH sitting in a tree.

rose · **Joined:** Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:51 am **Posts:** 472

OMG

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! shelly what luck !!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for being there>
Our girl can do mid air catch :lol:

annsva · **Posted:** Fri Aug 07, 2009 5:07 pm

Finally!!!!!!!!!!! I've been on pins and needles ever since you called waiting to see these pictures.......but wow......the wait was definitely worth it.

I don't now how you were able to keep your presence of mind to take pictures!

and....guess what? you get the
ATTAGIRL AWARD

PiedmontN8ive · **Posted:** Fri Aug 07, 2009 5:11 pm

Absolutely terrific action shots! Mom teaching HH what those talons are really for. :lol:

Thank you so much for sharing. Well worth the wait.

Duane · **Posted:** Fri Aug 07, 2009 5:23 pm

That's it? I was expecting so much more from your pictures Shelly. I thought about what you told me on the phone all day and I come home to see this.

I hope you didn't take this the wrong way at first...you lucky SOB! :lol:

Oh, and you suck as well. :mrgreen:

SCK · **Joined:** Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:07 am **Posts:** 25

All I can say is wow!! Those are incredible. I hope this means that the enablers have decided that Azalea needs to learn how a fish in the talons feels so maybe she'll stop waiting for a handout.

Thanks for posting these. Now I can go to dinner and not wonder what's up.

mrsreb · **Posted:** Fri Aug 07, 2009 6:15 pm

Unbelievable!!! I just looked and looked and looked and looked again!!! Thank you so much for being there and taking these really great pictures!!

Duane · **Posted:** Fri Aug 07, 2009 6:21 pm

I'd also like to point out one thing in these images.......

Do you see how much larger "HH" is over the adult.

travel · **Joined:** Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:10 pm **Posts:** 53

Those pictures of AZ are breathtaking I am sure we saw something most people never get to see through your eyes and lens Shelly. Thanks so much

Falcon64 · **Joined:** Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:04 pm **Posts:** 237

Duane wrote:

I'd also like to point out one thing in these images.......

Do you see how much larger "HH" is over the adult.

Don't beat around the bush Duane, just tell them this is the male...

Oh, Shelly...i have to agree with Duane...you SUCK!

ROFL...Congrats...great captures!!!! Yes, I'm jealous. There. I said it. LOL

DeeJay · **Posted:** Fri Aug 07, 2009 6:55 pm

OMG Shelly....those are fantastic...no, even better. I can't believe you were there to catch the action, so cool. Oh, it would have been amazing to see this is person but at least we can see and picture in our heads the actual action thanks to your photos. Amazing

Duane · **Posted:** Fri Aug 07, 2009 6:57 pm

Falcon64 wrote:

Don't beat around the bush Duane, just tell them this is the male...

I kept it neutral because I wasn't sure...not trying to avoid anything. :lol:

I was at the gate pulling in when all this went down (Truthfully I was working over off of Newtown Rd :mrgreen:

)...never made it to the nest today.

And it is the male if you want to call me out.

And I have a question for Shelly....how come normally it takes you one to two weeks to share you images with the members of this forum but this time it took you what.....2 hours to process and post them? :lol:

What gives? :?:

You still suck in my book...hmmm, maybe the next book title? :lol:

congowings · **Joined:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:57 pm **Posts:** 137

Oh my gosh!!!! You have taken my breath away - - - that is right up there with the shots taken at the "Intruder Event"!!! You definitely were in the right place and the right time!!!! Fantastic shots. Thanks so much for sharing them!!!!! You should be doing a little dance right now!!

mike · **Posted:** Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:19 pm

Its about time--these peopole were gonna kill me!!!!!!!!!!!!!DANA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you were right on the phone

but duane has it on the button--YOU SUCK---

great pics shelly sun or not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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