Bird photography can be hazardous to your health (CONTENT WARNING)

[DemoTex]

I like to photograph birds, especially big birds like hawks, eagles, and vultures. I have had a Goshawk "buzz" me, very closely in fact, from behind. But what happened to this unlucky photographer in Kazackhstan never entered my worst nightmares.

The first three photos of a Golden Eagle were taken by me in southern Oregon last October. The last two Golden Eagle photos were taken by a photographer named Shamil Zhumatov. The photographer being attacked by the Golden Eagle is not named.

Like the fighter pilot says,"Check six. Always!"


Golden Eagle on telephone pole along US-395 in southern Oregon (my photo)


Golden Eagle flies away from me. That is good! (my photo)


Typical flat-wing glide of a Golden, as it gets farther away from me (my photo)


Golden Eagle attacks unidentified photographer in Kazackhstan (photo by Shamil Zhumatov)


OUCH! (photo by Shamil Zhumatov)