Close encounters
 

A friend of mine was in town so we took him out on the Gulf and Intercoastal for a bit of sight seeing... who knew what we'd end up along side...

I had no idea that Bald Eagles were found around Sarasota but this is the 3rd I've seen. This dolphin has approached the boat twice now, unfortunately I'm thinking people have been feeding him.

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Nice pics, I have some of dolphin in the Chingoteague channel, but not that close.

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nice pics thanks for sharing!

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yeah we got birds up here too but a dolphin encounter is something we dont.

HOW COOL!!!

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Great pics, what kind of camera?

Seen Bald Eagles when I lived in FL (Daytona).

I was working at the Auto Mall on I-95. Got to work one morning, parked in the back near a retention pond. There was about a dozen ducks or so in the pond. 2 immature Baldies, full grown but heads not white yet, they get the white head around 4-5 years old. Anyway, the Baldies were swooping down on the ducks tryin to kill and eat em. All at once, all the ducks would dive underwater and the Baldies missed. Watched this about 5 times....then 2 ducks decided to make a break for it, 1 eagle in hot pursuit, 1 stayed put. I've never seen ducks fly so fast, their wings looked like hummingbird wings! They pulled pretty good on the eagle and think they made a clean getaway...cool stuff!

I also saw a 10-12 foot gator on the bank of the same pond once :o

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Nice! That dolphin looks like it doesn't have a fear in the world. Not sure if that is a good or bad thing :-/

We had a pod of about 60/70 dolphin out infront of Narragansett bay on Sunday. In a few more weeks when the sea herring move in there should be more of the dolphin as well as BlueFin tuna with in a mile from shore.

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Chincoteague Inlet is loaded with them (dolphin) now. Must a been 100 of them out there the other night.

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Thanks, this was my buddies Canon Rebel XT... pretty slick setup. Here I was trimming up after just killing the motor though I don't think the dolphin was in any danger... seemed pretty used to it all.

And I'll tell you what, I'm not usually impressed by birds but that bald eagle made me want to go out and buy American products while singing the national anthem!

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some of the coolest pic ive seen. ;D

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Great pic's!!!!!!

I wish I was taking pic 15 years ago :'(

I have a friend that lives in a lajke side cottage here in Ma.
Its the Taunton water supply and only residents can fish that body of water!! And it is huge!
Any way there were like 3 Egale nest there and in his cove was one of them.
I was there one day and we were sitting in his living room watching TV, he has sliding doors right off the living room to a small deck that over hangs the water.
While watching we see a bird swoop dow to the water and grad a pearch and then take right off like nothing!!
I had not noticed that it was a Eagle at first, bnut he just sat there and said O thats the Eagle getting dinner.
Guess this was a all the time thing for him, but I was in aww!

As for Dolpine, we see them here all the time, but I have never seen one that close!! Maybe from 75 feet away is the closest!