Raptors’ first flight: Photographer’s show & tell

[SF Chronicle RSS Feed - Tom Stienstra]

In an amazing series of images in multiple sets this year, Bay Area nature photographer Eric Dugan has captured nesting osprey in the North Bay. And in the past week, Eric caught the ultimate: first flight. Eric found the nest near Glen Cove and has tracked the osprey almost daily for months. Galleries of his photos have been posted here and are worth checking out if you missed them. Greatest angler of them all shows how, 18-pic gallery: http://blog.sfgate.com/stienstra/2012/06/19/greatest-angler-of-them-all-shows-how-18-pic-gallery/ Birds of spring, including the cutest photo of baby ducks you’ve ever seen: http://blog.sfgate.com/stienstra/category/uncategorized/page/2/ Johnathan Livingston (Seagull) Tern: Spectacular pirouettes over bay: http://blog.sfgate.com/stienstra/20...seagull-tern-spectacular-pirouettes-over-bay/ It’s difficult to photograph birds on camera. They [...]

More...