Conny Lundström

Mating Golden eagles

2012-01-30T05:09:00.001-08:00

Yesterday I had the good fortune to take pictures of Golden Eagles mating. Yes!

The king and the peasants.

2012-01-12T07:31:00.000-08:00

The Eagles are hungry now, I can certainly recommend a visit.

A picture from yester day.

Golden Eagle article

2012-01-07T15:03:00.000-08:00

Two eagles fighting over the dead fox became an article in the biggest daily paper in Sweden./ Två kungsörnar slåss om den döda räven, blev en artikel i Aftonbladet.Check: http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article14179116.ab

Golden eagles fight over the dead fox.

2012-01-06T09:20:00.000-08:00

A picture from today, two golden eagles fight over the dead fox.

This year's first Golden Eagle

2012-01-02T14:27:00.000-08:00

This year's first Golden Eagle photographed today.

Golden Eagles

2011-12-27T14:52:00.000-08:00

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

Eurasian Pygmy Owl

2011-12-17T10:27:00.000-08:00

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

A real fighter

2011-12-13T07:13:00.000-08:00

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

2011-12-06T07:25:00.000-08:00

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

2011-11-29T13:27:00.000-08:00

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

2011-11-15T14:14:00.000-08:00

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

Golden eagles strong claws

2011-11-08T01:41:00.000-08:00

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

2011-10-30T23:59:00.000-07:00

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

2011-10-29T08:36:00.000-07:00

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

What's up?

2011-10-25T02:34:00.001-07:00

What's up? What are we looking for?

Eagle season

2011-10-20T05:23:00.000-07:00

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

2011-10-04T10:57:00.000-07:00

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

2011-09-19T06:38:00.000-07:00

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

Golden eagle

2011-09-13T05:33:00.001-07:00

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

2011-09-09T06:10:00.000-07:00

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

2011-09-06T10:59:00.001-07:00

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

2011-08-21T12:15:00.001-07:00

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

2011-08-11T08:55:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-08T06:12:00.000-07:00

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.

2011-08-01T21:19:00.000-07:00

This morning from Vitbergen.

Eagle hide

2011-07-26T09:15:00.000-07:00

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

2011-07-18T10:02:00.001-07:00

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

New photo angles

2011-06-20T05:42:00.000-07:00

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

2011-06-15T10:37:00.000-07:00

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 ...

2011-06-12T14:57:00.000-07:00

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

2011-06-08T22:48:00.000-07:00

Cave

2011-06-02T14:21:00.000-07:00

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

2011-05-25T08:29:00.000-07:00

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

Guardian of wall and mire.

2011-05-17T10:26:00.000-07:00

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

2011-05-04T01:16:00.000-07:00

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

2011-04-27T08:02:00.000-07:00

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

2011-04-14T10:56:00.000-07:00

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...........

2011-04-09T13:31:00.000-07:00

New tree hide

2011-03-23T07:19:00.001-07:00

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...?

2011-03-11T02:14:00.001-08:00

A feather in one´s cap...Or...?

Mellan träden/Between trees

2011-03-01T03:45:00.000-08:00

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

Mating Golden eagles

2011-02-24T05:15:00.000-08:00

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

in the north of Sweden.

Kungsörn & räv / Golden eagle & fox

2011-02-14T02:13:00.000-08:00

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

2011-02-08T07:29:00.000-08:00

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

2011-01-28T11:03:00.001-08:00

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

2011-01-24T05:33:00.000-08:00

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

2011-01-15T09:33:00.000-08:00

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

2011-01-03T07:26:00.000-08:00

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.

Örnkamp/ Eagle struggle

2010-12-10T03:38:00.000-08:00

En ung kungsörn utmanar den äldre örnen om sittplatsen
och överblick över älgkadavret som ligger nedanför

En intressant händelse jag fick tillfälle fotografera för några dagar

sedan.

A young Golden eagle challenges the elder eagle for the seat and lookout point
This was an interesting opportunity I got to photograph a few days ago.

Gammal är dock äldst, den yngre örnen tvingas ner från grenen.

However the old experienced eagle has no intention of leaving

and the young eagle is soon forced off the branch.

Snön ligger vit på myren/ The snow lies white over the mire

2010-11-24T12:13:00.000-08:00

En snabb men oerfaren jägare rör sig i landskapet,

korpen är en mästare på att se när faran är relevant.

Småfåglarna gömmer sig inne i skogen som ger

bästa skydd

A fast but inexperienced hunter moves through the landscape,
the raven is a true master at perception and notices when danger draws close.
The smaller birds hides deep inside the forest where they have full cover.

Skogen och myren är inbäddade i snö.
Snart träffas Bersingaberget av morgonens första solstrålar.

The forest and mire is covered with snow,
and soon Bersingamountain will face the first sunrays of morning.

Nära 30 kg solrosfrö har kommit småfåglarna till godo sedan
oktober månad. Ett par domherrar låter sig väl smaka.
Nu är vi inne på andra veckan med rejäl kyla för årstiden.

Almost 30 kilos of sunflower seeds has nurtured the smaller birds since
october. A couple of Bullfinches are satisfying their hunger.
Right now we're at the second week of a really cold
for this time of the year.

Kungsörnen landar med precision.

The Golden eagle lands with striking precision.

Korpen och "Rävörnen"/Raven and the "Fox eagle"

2010-11-08T08:58:00.000-08:00

Korpen är alltid lika intressant att fotografera och studera.
Senaste dagarna som gick fick jag möjlighet till både och på
riktigt nära håll.

En av korparna får man beteckna som en riktig bråkstake
som inte kom överens med någon annan i gänget.

The raven is always euqually interesting to photograph and
study. I got the chance to this clouse up a couple of days ago.

One of the ravens could be called a real bully, and he didn´t
fit well with any of the others.

Fick även besök av "Rävörnen" som kommer på besök då
och då.
Namnet kommer sig av att den attackerar rödräv när den
får chansen.
Även korpen får se upp!

I also got a visit from the "Fox eagle" a golden eagle who
visits from now and then. The reason for he´s nickname is
that this eagle usually attacks red foxes whenever it get´s
the chance.

But the raven also have to watch out!

Invigning, nya fotogluggar./The first pictures from the new photo holes.

2010-10-23T12:25:00.001-07:00

Lyckad invigning av de nya fotogluggarna! Det blev kungsörn
i höstfärger.
The first pictures from the new photo holes was a success.
Golden eagle in autumn colours.

Nya fotogluggar i örngömslet/ New photoholes in the eagle hide

2010-08-08T06:29:00.000-07:00

Tre nya fotogluggar är under konstruktion, de ska vara klara till i oktober.
Örngömslet kommer nu att ha tre olika fotoriktningar, de nya gluggarna ligger
i ett lägre perspektiv än de övriga.

Här ska man bl.a. kunna fotografera rovfåglar som sitter på tänkta byten som rådjur, räv,
eller skogsfågel. Rävar som rör sig på myren, eller älg som passerar i ett höstfärgat landskap.

Landskapsbilder, med objektiv från vidvinkel till tele, med frostiga myrtallar eller ett snötyngt landskap.

Three new photoholes are under construction and slated to be finished in october.
The eaglehide will now have three different photo angles, the new holes are built in a
lower perspective than the others.

This will make close-up photographing of predator birds eating from prey such as deer, fox
and capercaillie possible. One might also get shots of red foxes and moose passing through the mire.

Landscape pictures with objective from wide angle to tele with frosty pines or a snow covered landscape.

Kungsörnens dödliga vapen/ The golden eagle's deadly weapon

2010-06-14T04:38:00.000-07:00

Kungsörnens dödliga vapen är inte näbben utan klorna, som
den trycker in in i bytet med hjälp av senor i de kraftiga
fötterna. Klorna är liksom fjädrarna och näbben uppbyggda av
keratin, ett protein som även våra hårstrån och naglar består av.
Örnen besitter en nästan otrolig styrka i förhållande till sin
Storlek.
Den har jag själv fått prov på vid närbildsfotografering från gömsle
uppe bland trädtopparna.
På en utbyggnad i form av träramp hade jag satt fast ett köttstycke.
Då den första kungsörnen i full fart attackerade lockbetet för att med
klorna slita bytet till sig uppstod något som i det närmaste kan liknas med
en jordbävning. Hela gömslet skakade och vajade när örnen använde
rampen som trampolin i sina målmedvetna försök att få loss köttet.
Man kan lätt tänka sig vilken chock som omedelbart drabbar ett
bytesdjur, utsatt för ett sådant våldsamt angrepp, genomborrat av
uppsättning vassa och starka klor som bara greppar hårdare och
hårdare ju mer fångsten kämpar emot.
Först när livet flytt och bytet stillnat lossar örnen greppet.

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 strong feet. The claws are like it's feathers and beak made up of ceratin, a protein which also our hair and nails are made of.
The golden eagle possesses an almost unbelievable strength compared to it's size.
This I have seen for myself when doing close up shots from my hideout in the treetops.
I put meat on an extension of wood.
When the first golden eagle at full speed attacked the meat with it's claws, something happened that could be compared with an earthquake. The whole hideout swayed and vibrated when the golden eagle used the extension as a springboard to rip the meat loose.
You could easily imagine what a shock it would be for a prey to get penetrated by those claws that only grips harder the more it struggles.
It's not until life escapes the prey and it calms down that the eagle loosens it's grip.

Inom loppet av 20 minuter!/ Within the span of 20 minutes!

2010-06-06T07:37:00.000-07:00

Senhöstens färger är fortfarande de som dominerar naturen.

När ett kraftigt snöfall yr in träffas den krokiga tallen av de

stora flingorna och ändrar karaktär.

Kungsörnen som rört sig fram och tillbaka i området är intresserad

av åtelmaterialet som är strategiskt placerat.

Kamera och objektiv är förinställda, örnen sveper förbi i bakgrunden.

Vinden ligger rätt, örnen fäller vingarna bakåt och stannar nästan upp

innan den sätter sina kraftiga klor på stammen.

The colors of late autumn are still dominating nature.

The crooked pine changes characteristics when it get`s hit by the big

snowflakes from an intensive snofall.

The golden eagle has been moving back and forth in the area, interested

in the strategically placed carrion. Camera and objektive are preset, the

eagle sweeps by in the background.

The wind is just right, the eagle pulls back it´s wings and stops almost

completely before striking down the powerful claws into the trunk.

Vitbergstornet/Watchtower on the mountainpeak

2010-06-02T08:37:00.001-07:00

Första besöket uppe på Vitberget inför sommaren gav mersmak!
Nätterna är ljusa och grönskan har exploderat.

First visit for the summer at Vitberget makes you want more!
The night is bright and the greenery has exploded.

Morkullan sträcker förbi tornet i skymningen
The woodcock is flying in the twilight,photographed from the watchtower.

Bäversafari/Beaversafari

2010-05-26T09:08:00.000-07:00

Några bilder från förra årets bäversafari i juli. När man färdas
med kanot är möjligheterna goda att komma bävern nära,
även älgen släpper en del på uppmärksamheten när man
glider fram på vattnet.

A few pictures from last years beaversafari during July. When you travel by canoe the possibility to get close to the beaver are good, even the moose loosens on the attention when you are gliding down the river.

Bävern har känt vittring , det varnande plasket kommer omedelbart

The beaver has picked up the scent, it immediately starts warning by splashing in the water.

Våren accelererar/Early summer light

2010-05-19T14:15:00.000-07:00

Sångsvanarna ligger nu på sina bon,
jag ser fram emot fotomöjligheter på hela svanfamiljen
framemot midsommar.

Whooper swan on its nest.
I´m looking forward to photograph the swan family
with young ones around midsummer.

Älgarna är nu i rörelse, särskilt under de allt ljusare nätterna.
Jag planerar att anlägga en viltåker under sommaren för att
öka möjligheterna för sensommar- och höstbilder på älg.

The mooses begins to move in the light early summer nights.
I make plans this summer for a field with plants wich attracts mooses
to increase the possibility of getting good pictures.

Tjäderspel

2010-05-13T10:11:00.000-07:00

Tjäderspelet är nu över.......Och en del bilder blev det!
Fler tuppar än vanligt på spelet denna säsong.

Capercaillie´s courtship ceremony is now over, there was more cook-battles than usually!