Photo's - Not just jeep, any and all...
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From: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
JK Jedi
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From: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
I'm sorry to say that my camera batteries were dead.....
The other morning on the way to work....
I pull onto the main road from our little gravel road subdivision. As I start accelerating I see this white bird get up on the right side and fly in front of me to the left. I think to myself...."oh a Ptarmigan".........but as soon as I think it my brain tells me "no...Ptarmigan are not white this time of year. As it flew in front of me, by the way it flew, I could tell it was a Robin. I saw an albino Robin....couldn't believe it. I feel pretty darn lucky...!!!
Then....not 2 hundred yards away, in front of me I see a Bald Eagle about 150' above the road. Just about at the time I see him, he tucks his wings in and starts to stoop. I can see there is something on the road. Sure enough, he swoops down and snags a snowshoe hare right in front of me. At the time I thought he was flying away from me, but as I was picking up speed by then, I realized he was coming directly at me trying to get altitude with this pretty good sized animal in his talons. I did in fact have to slow down as it seemed that he wouldn't clear the jeep. At the last moment he veered off and made a circle up into the woods.
Then about another 100 yards down the road there was a cow moose standing there.
Pretty exciting morning....
The other morning on the way to work....
I pull onto the main road from our little gravel road subdivision. As I start accelerating I see this white bird get up on the right side and fly in front of me to the left. I think to myself...."oh a Ptarmigan".........but as soon as I think it my brain tells me "no...Ptarmigan are not white this time of year. As it flew in front of me, by the way it flew, I could tell it was a Robin. I saw an albino Robin....couldn't believe it. I feel pretty darn lucky...!!!
Then....not 2 hundred yards away, in front of me I see a Bald Eagle about 150' above the road. Just about at the time I see him, he tucks his wings in and starts to stoop. I can see there is something on the road. Sure enough, he swoops down and snags a snowshoe hare right in front of me. At the time I thought he was flying away from me, but as I was picking up speed by then, I realized he was coming directly at me trying to get altitude with this pretty good sized animal in his talons. I did in fact have to slow down as it seemed that he wouldn't clear the jeep. At the last moment he veered off and made a circle up into the woods.
Then about another 100 yards down the road there was a cow moose standing there.
Pretty exciting morning....
Last edited by AK4Dave; Jul 5, 2011 at 06:11 PM.
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From: In the Hills of KY
Tho not as an interesting story as AK4Dave, some interesting barn shots !
Last edited by KY HILTOPR; Jul 5, 2011 at 06:48 PM.
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From: St.John's
AK4Dave that sounds like one amazing morning and of course its those mornings when we dont have our camera or the batteries are dead. You are very lucky to have seen all that. I'm jealous for sure man