Golden Eagles

A good start after Christmas, we had Golden Eagles visiting the whole day through.

Eurasian Pygmy Owl

A small hunter of great scenery, a picture from this afternoon. Eurasian Pygmy Owl watch over its hunting grounds.

A real fighter

A real fighter.
This Golden eagle has come for a visit recent years, it usually shows up at the end of December and stay until February. If another Golden eagle is in the area it will attack immediately. Last season it looked to have lost some of its strength and received several harsh attacks by the female area eagle.
Here with a natural crutch from a moose. I hope to see this eagle soon.

The Eagle Man

The Italian magazine Latitudeslife Travel Magazine visited me last march and made an article called The Eagle Man. Read it here:

http://www.latitudeslife.com/magazine/00/magazine.php?code=latitudeslife

Workshop Golden eagle

A three days workshop with Golden eagles every day we had a lot of good pictures

of both eagles and other birds.

Black woodpecker

Eurasian jay

Portrait of a Golden eagle

Portrait of the female area eagle from my eagle hide on the ground. The picture was taken some days ago.

Golden eagles strong claws

The Golden eagles most deadly weapon is not the beak but it´s claws, which it forces down into it’s prey with the help of tendons in it’s claws. The Golden eagle possesses an almost unbelievable strength compared to its size. I know that skilled Golden eagles gets a hold over the head to avoid getting bitten and as we can see that´s what´s happening in this picture. The eagle takes no risks with a traffic killed badger.

Golden eagle/Kungsörn

Golden eagle and Red fox a picture from yesterday. The eagle don´t hesitate to deal with the fox I put on the mire.

Favorite eagle

My favorite eagle came to visit today! "Vindelörnen" wich I followed for ten years, a very beautiful Golden eagle.

What's up?

What's up? What are we looking for?

Eagle season

Received a text message from a photographer who is visiting my eagle hide. After a quiet start to the season, he is now photographing Golden eagles in a high tempo. Me my self attach a picture on the theme of large and small a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Golden eagle.

First photo day in my new tree hide

Spent the night in my new tree hide, and the day started with a juvenile White tailed sea eagle

After a while a young Golden eagle entered the seen and took control of the area. I am very pleased with the day, Raven, Crows, Eurasian jay and Siberian jays throuhgout the day.

October picture of two Golden eagles

Two Golden eagles in Ocktober with Vitbergets nature reserve in the background.

Golden eagle

An autumn picture of a Golden eagle. I followed this eagle for a number of years, in December 2007 it was hit by a train while eating from a dead reindeer. The eagle became thirteen years old.

Kungsörn/Golden eagle

October picture of a Golden eagle. I used one of my first digital camera, Canon Eos 350 D, lens Canon 70-200 2.8L. The picture was taken October 2005.

Örngömsle/Eagle hide

Finished a new photo hole in the hide on the ground today. My tree hide is also completed,

except for some smaller details. At the end of the week I will put out a carrion of moose.

Eagle hide/Örngömsle

My new tree hide is almost done. I think we should get som really good eagle pictures from here, but also good pictures of Ravens, varios small birds, Red fox etc. If you are intrested visit my website. www.connylundstrom.com

My new tree hide.

Eagle hide

Today we finished the wall on my new tree hide. Here we can see Vitbergen nature reserve looking out through the photo holes.

Autumn colors

A picture from last fall. I always try to shoot the Golden eagle on bare ground before the snow made the landscape white. I will do the same this year, if anyone are interested in an attempt to photograph the Golden eagle in autumn colors please contact me. www.connylundstrom.com Click Rentals.

Northern Hawk Owl and Siberian Jay.

This morning from Vitbergen.

Eagle hide

The tree hide is now under construction. It will be completed during September, two photographer will fit in the hide, which have a ceiling height of two meters. The sentence is at it should be able to shoot with both tele lenses and wide angle. Each photographer will have access to three photo openings.

Golden eagle & Raven

The Golden eagle has just landed on top of a spruce. An annoyed raven is passing by.

New photo angles

The plans for my new tree hide is progressing. Yesterday I was up on a ladder and the new photo angles looks very promising. This pictures is taken from my second tree hide. The new hide will be in the same area but another angle against the mountains.

Black-throated Loon

After three nights and mornings last week I got about one thousand images of the Black-throated Loon. So it is a pleasure to start working with the pictures now.

This morning from Vitbergen ... Kalvträsk ...

A beautiful morning with the Black-throated Loon ...

Cave

This is the landmark wich points out the way to a cave I use to visit sometimes

The cave is situated out in the woods and probably from the time when the seabord was at this level. In the cave there is an old fireplace and a legend tell us about a bearhunter who used to stay here some hundred years ago.

Sveriges Radio Västerbotten på besök i mitt örngömsle

http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=109&artikel=4523712

Guardian of wall and mire.

A shy bird that`s constantly on guard and with help from spies and several guard posts keeps lookout in the area. It keeps it self safe while also warning other wild animals when danger draws close. That is our raven in north of Sweden. This bird is both cunning and inventive in it`s hunt for food while also being an important garbage collector.

Just over a week later i`m photographing raven again; this time in London`s old mythical fortress The Tower. Here though, the raven have a diffrent purpose; according to the legend the British kingdom will fall when the seven ravens either die or leave the Tower. (Good thing the legend was most likely proven wrong when most or all ravens died of shock during the Nazi bombing of London in World War II. According to some sayings one raven survived. In present day the raven are taken care of by a special " ravenmaster", who sees to it that they get there daily meal consisting of 170 grams of meat and special bird biscuits drenched in blood. They even get to feast on eggs once a week.

Ravens are always skilled imitators and here in the tower they seem to have picked up sounds of mantle motions from rifles. To keep the ravens in check - despite the good food some ravens have left the tower - they clip their left wings. Though thera have been occasion when raven got fired.



One of these had the bad habbit of breaking TV - antennas and the other one - fittingly named Grog - was last seen outside East End pub.

Six nights and mornings in my Capercaille hide

In one of my tent we were visited by an impertinent capercaillie. When one of my guests was in the hide, tried the grouse to fly up and sit down on the tent. I was awakened by the capercaillie ran into the tent. The name of this capercaillie is Great Albin.

Capercaille and Black Grouse

The Black Grouse are also busy, this is a picture from yesterday

The first night and morning in my in my capercaille hide was a success, I was lucky and got the bird in good light for three hours in front of the hide.

Capercaillie hide

One of the hides we put up today is for photographing capercaillie courting on the ground. The peak of the season is usually in early May.

My favorite eagle landed today...........

New tree hide

New plans for the summer!

My intentions are to have my third tree hide ready this autumn. I have found a suitable place for it up in some pine trees. From this hide it will be possible to take pictures with wide-angle lenses and telephoto lenses.

This picture was taken from my second tree hide. I used a 16-35 wide-angle leans and a flash assembled about 30 cm under the camera. I put out some meat on the roof of the hide. Than I just had to wait and pull the trigger of the camera when the eagle jumped out.

I have retouched from the picture some smaller snow flakes falling from the roof when the eagle jumped.

A feather in one's cap…Or...?

A feather in one´s cap...Or...?

Mellan träden/Between trees

Bättre en fågel mellan träden än tio bakom...
Better a bird between trees then ten behind...

Mating Golden eagles

Last week I was lucky enough to get photos of mating Golden eagles

in the north of Sweden.

Kungsörn & räv / Golden eagle & fox

Jag har tidigare fotograferat när kungsörn attackerat levande rödräv.

I slutet av förra veckan fick jag så tag på ett tiotal döda rävar.

En räv placerades ut framför gömslet.

Korpar och övriga fåglar visade misstänksamhet mot räven,

troligen var de inte säkra om den var levande eller död

När så den gamla kungsörnen kom inflygande

såg den inte ut att ta notis om räven var levande eller ej.

Jag känner sedan tidigare till att rutinerade kungsörnar greppar

tag över huvudet för att undgå bett och just ett sådant grepp kopplade

nu örnen på min räv./

Earlier I have been photographing Golden eagle attacking Red fox.

At the end of last week I got hold on some dead Red foxes.

I put one of them in front of the photo hide.

Ravens and other birds was suspicious against the fox,

they were not sure if it was dead or alive.

When the old eagle comes flying in, it takes little notice of whether

the fox is dead or alive.

I know that skilled Golden eagles

get´s a hold over the head to avoid getting bitten,

and as we can see that´s what´s happening in this picture.

Gäster/Guests

En bild från veckan som gick: Några fotografer som fick fotografera kungsörn
alla dagar de satt i gömslet. Det resulterade i så här glada miner under middagen.

A picture from the past week: Three photographers who got shots of the Golden eagle
every day they sat in the hide. It resulted in some happy faces during the dinner.

Herre på täppan/King of the hill

Kampen fortsätter mellan den gamla kungsörnen

och den yngre.

En härlig fotoupplevelse från gårdagen./

The struggle between to Golden eagles continues.

A great experience from yesterday.

Duvhök/Goshawk

Äntligen kom den gamla duvhöken på besök,
den här säsongen senare än vanligt./

The old goshawk finally paid me a visit,

this year later than usual.

Jag gillar duvhöken som modell för porträttbilder.

Blicken!

De gula ögonen!

Dess förmåga att se kaxig ut ger tryck i bilden./

I like using the goshawk as a model for portraits.

The gaze!

The yellow eyes!

And it's ability to look very cocky gives extra weight to the picture.

-33 Celsius

Idag - 33 Celsius utanför gömslet. Kungsörnen kommer på besök på förmiddagen med frostig blick!/To day - 33 degrees Celsius outside the hide. The Golden eagle comes for a visit in the morning with a frosty look!

Kungsörn/Golden eagle

Revirörnarna som jag nu följt under många
år är mycket trogna sitt revir.
Tillsammans är de ett team som hjälps åt med
bevakning av reviret. / The territory eagles
are very stationary.

They work as a team guarding the area.


Andra kungsörnar som kommer på besök och stannar från några dagar och vissa upp till veckor,
är de som klarar av en kamp både psykiskt och fysiskt.
Här en ny kungsörn som satt sig bredvid hanen av revirörnarna, vilken inte ser med blida ögon på nykomlingen. / Unfamiliar eagles has to watch out, and make itself respected.

Here is a new eagle who has placed itself close to the territory male, wich gaze ominous

at the intruder.