This morning I headed over to Iona Beach for some bird watching. Towards the end of my trip, I saw an eagle swimming towards the jetty. I did not see him dive into the water, but I assume that he misjudged his flight while going after a bird (I think some kind of gull). You can just see some webbed feet sticking out of the water as he is dragging his catch to shore. He then swam to the beach and took off. I got some in-flight shots which show his catch a little bit better, but he was slightly angled away in the photos so I wasn't too keen on them. It's not the highest quality image (~50% crop), but I thought it was an interesting enough occurrence to post anyways.
Taken with a Nikon D500 + Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Taken at ISO 800, 500mm, f/8.0, 1/2500
Bald Eagle Swimming to Shore
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