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By Sportster

Jordan Lake Dam, Haw River. The morning was grey and a little chilly. All of a sudden a bright sportster arrived! Our smallest falcon, the American Kestrel. He zipped in, landed for a heartbeat and zipped out over the dam. Whoosh! I worry about the kestrels as their reproductive capacity has dropped in the last 10 years or so, due to herbicides and pesticides. If you should spot one, would you send me notification of date, time, gender and a crossroads? I have been trying to get a sense of how many are still here in NC. I used to see them on the fence lines and power lines on a daily basis … now I am seeing them a couple of times a year.

By Oh No You Don’t!

Jordan Lake: winter weather makes bald eagles feisty, just plum full of themselves. The yearling bald eagle on the right was sure that there were no boundaries on its flight, anywhere in the sky it wanted to fly. Its arrogance only lasted for a few moments once the parent bald eagle on the left said oh no you don’t play any where near my nest! The aerobatics only lasted a few seconds and the baby went right and the parent went left. Awesome to see!

By Valentine’s Day 2021

Jordan Lake Dam, Haw River: Valentine’s Day 2021. Sometimes I glance away from the birds and find that the environment that is Jordan Lake has both a surprise and a delight for me with a natural message … a  blessing for all of you and me too with a heart that is 100% Creator-sculpted.

By Next on the Preferred Branch…

Jordan Lake Dam, Haw River: Remember the ruckus yesterday when the 3-year-old bald eagle knocked the 2-year-old eagle off the preferred branch? The 3-year-old got to spend 27 minutes on the favored branch. Then an adult bald eagle decided the branch was now its sole perch. Another tumble in the chilly wind!

By That is MY branch!

Jordan Lake Dam, Haw River: the weather was changing this morning at the riprap, getting grayer, cloudier and wind was starting to pickup.  All factors that stir eagles into fishing and fighting.  Eagles get a charge out of knocking each other off of a branch. The two-year-old on the left was happily minding his own business when a 3-year-old decided it wanted that particular perch.  Lots of screaming and one tumbling two-year-old but no one was harmed.  Well, maybe the two-year-old’s arrogance factor was paled a little bit … for only a moment, I am sure!