Myke D.Eagle photography

About · Sheet 02

Myke D.

Goodhue County, MN · Mississippi River

Myke photographs from public access with long glass: no baiting, no harassment; keeps distance from nests and posted closures. Strong frames lean on patience and preparation: knowing access, dressing for long stretches in the cold, batteries and settings ready, then waiting until opportunity shows up in front of the lens. Some people call that luck; behind the camera it feels like showing up prepared and letting the river hand you the moment.

At the Goodhue County Fair (2022), every photograph Myke submitted was shot along the Mississippi in Goodhue County, the same overlooks and riverbank miles you'd walk if you went looking for eagles there. Nothing was trucked in from somewhere else.

1st place in Birds meant a lot: river work from home turf, judged alongside everyone else's best shots. For Myke, it was a great honor to be named Reserve Champion of the entire photography contest at the fair, recognition across every category entered, not only Birds.

Portrait of photographer Myke D., who documents wildlife along the Upper Mississippi.

Fig. 02 — Portrait

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Mississippi flyway

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Field notes

Red Wing to Wabasha

The Upper Mississippi below Lake Pepin is a reliable winter draw for bald eagles: open water, tailwaters, and riffles concentrate fish; and where there are fish, eagles station on ice, snags, and riverside perches from sunrise to last light.

In Red Wing, Covell Park and the adjacent riverfront put you feet from that drama without leaving town: cottonwoods along the bank, boats on the water, eagles trading the same favored limbs and snags day after day, classic March staging along the shore.

Downriver, the National Eagle Center in Wabasha anchors public education on the same flyway: live ambassadors, river ecology, and a regional lens on why this stretch of Mississippi matters for raptors. It's not affiliated with this demo site; it's simply part of the landscape storytellers and visitors use to understand eagles on this river.

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