The day after Christmas, we spotted a banded Bald Eagle walking through our yard. We watched in amazement as it took off into the air. After sharing the pictures on several social media sites, I was able to connect with a local Eagle watch volunteer who had been looking for this particular Bald Eagle. This particular volunteer helped in launching this rehabbed Bald Eagle back into the wild in March 2023. During the release back into the wild, they thought it had crashed, but they couldn’t find it. After seeing these pictures, they were relieved to see it surviving.
Bald Eagles are beautiful and magnificent creatures of the wild. Been always wanting to capture a picture of them up close while in flight. To see a Bald Eagle that had been rehabbed and is now surviving in the wild, it is totally awesome. Truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience to see the beauty of the Bald Eagle up close in the wild.
Camera: Canon EOS R50 RF-S55-210 MM
Tobias D. Wilson, with the artist’s name of Endofthehwy media, was inspired by the literally the end of the Maine state highway 24. This was one of my favorite spots to visit while stationed at now now-closed Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine, between 2004 to 2007.
I have been married now to a wonderful lady for 18 years and together we have one child, a nine-year-old daughter. We settled in St. Johns County after I retired from the US Navy after 20 years. My specialty in the military was administration and logistics. I am currently a stay-at-home dad and a volunteer at my local church.
In 2013, during outpatient treatment at Walter Reed Medical Center for deployment-related health issues, I was encouraged to find a hobby that I loved. I choose photography to see life through the lens.
I had the great opportunity to volunteer for two years as a still photographer for Honor Flights of Columbus, an organization dedicated to getting veterans to the memorials in Washington DC. My photos contributed to the flight mission video published on the organization’s website and YouTube channel. As a photographer, there was such joy to see the veterans return home to a hero’s welcome and be able to capture it.
