You're painting a generalization with a very broad brush, and I'd disagree with you. Pezzenti knew his subjects well, knew where they'd fly, was able to manually focus based on his knowledge of the birds, and get some great shots. Eagles don't behave as randomly as you suggest, especially when in their feeding and nesting areas.
Having spent almost two months in Haines, AK, and a fair amount of time along the Chilkat (and being shown a very specific feeding area) I believe I can agree with Pezzenti 100%. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Tom Reese > We were talking about shooting eagles in flight. [...] > Manually focusing and tracking wild birds in flight is an extremely > frustrating nearly impossible task. You never know where they're going next. > They move too fast and their direction changes too often.
