On April 16-17, I drove up the North Shore of Lake Superior, camera in hand. I'm not a bird photographer. It's not an area of interest for me, and I don't have the right lenses for it. That said, when you see a big bald eagle sitting on top of a deer carcass 50 feet off the road, you make due with the gear you've got. I made these photos with a 55-300mm consumer grade lens, and it shows. The photos are good, but they are heavily cropped and the resolution is lacking. Editing was performed in Adobe Camera Raw.
I was stationed about 250 feet away from the feast. After a couple minutes of tolerating me (and another car that was parked closer but seemingly oblivious to the eagle) the bird took off to perch in the woods behind its meal. I don't recall the exact location, but I think it was somewhere near Grand Marais, MN.
