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Topic Categories: Image of the Day
Posted on: December 1, 2008 2:59 PM, by "GrrlScientist"
tags: three eagles, National Geographic, international photography contest, image of the day
Image: Jose Hernandez,
Nature Honorable Mention,
2008 International Photography Contest [larger view].
The photographer writes;
This is a shot of three [bald] eagles fighting over a fish in Homer, Alaska, from March 2008. You can see the fish at the top of the image flying by itself, but it was caught in its fall by another eagle.
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Comments
Toi = you
Trois = three
Ménage à trois = household of three
Posted by: pough | December 1, 2008 3:55 PM
thanks for the correction. i am having "one of those days" today. hopefully, it won't last!
Posted by: "GrrlScientist" | December 1, 2008 4:09 PM
Thanks for posting this!
Posted by: Marilyn Terrell | December 1, 2008 5:22 PM
Honorable mention?
The photo of a lifetime... what won? An ostritch doing math in the sand with a stick in it's mouth?
Posted by: kamaka | December 4, 2008 8:39 PM