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Posted by:
Coby

Speaking for Mother Nature might be a bit presumptuous, so lets just say I want to tell stories of the space and time I was observing her. In this effort I will be posting portfolio galleries that are tighter, more cohesive groups of photographs.

I have started with Eagles In Motion, which is a collection of shots taken in Rock Falls, IL - My boyhood home. The eagles were not present over the Rock River much when I was growing up. It's only been in the last decade that their numbers have recovered, and some have started moving from the Mississippi River up the channel of the Rock, as we call it.

In the winter this area can get several days of subzero temps that freeze tight all but the fastest moving water on the river. It's then that the eagles congregate by the tailwater of the dam on the river. These tailwaters move very fast and do not freeze, allowing the eagles prime fishing.