Jordan Lake, Haw River: Ace the DareDevil Father Osprey

Ace the DareDevil father Osprey took a calculated risk and dared the river waters flowing between the walls of the tailrace to go fishing.  He appeared out over the lake, flew over the top of the dam, without hesitation dropped in-between the walls, and caught a rather large fish for his chicks.  The fish probably weighs about 2 pounds … Dad Osprey weighs somewhere about 4 pounds.  Awesome feat of fishing!  GO ACE GO!!!
PS: the green tint to the lower right of the slides is actually the leaves of some grass between my lens and the action.

2 Comments

Leave a Comment

  1. What is that in the water? Looks like ice.

    On Sat, May 23, 2020, 10:39 AM doc ellen’s journey wrote:

    > neighdoctor posted: ” Ace the DareDevil father Osprey took a calculated > risk and dared the river waters flowing between the walls of the tailrace > to go fishing. He appeared out over the lake, flew over the top of the > dam, without hesitation dropped in-between the wall” >

    1. Does look a bit like ice, but it is not Water mixed with saponins makes foam. Saponin: chemical compound found in certain plants that when mixed with water makes a stable foam. The pressure of the water as it shoots out from the dam will sometimes make this foam. Also the water is coming off the bottom of the lake and so has a high degree of plant detritus and therefore saponins.

      Sent from my iPhone

      >

Comments are closed.