Rain and More Rain
Dad Hershey was soaked.
The two immature bald eagles just sat, hunkered down, waiting for the rain to stop.
Jordan Lake Bald Eagles, 1 photo, 1 video 02-23-2019
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AuthorJordan Lake Dam: Bald Eagle 02-22-2019
I think that we are all getting tired of grey skies and winter rain.
Even this 4-year-old bald eagle is looking extra grumpy and very bedraggled with all of his feathers dripping wet.
Jordan Lake Dam: Bald Eagle Free-For-All, 4 photos, 02/21/2019
Jordan Lake Free-For-All Above the Haw River
It only takes one fish.
Plus the desire of 3 immature bald eagles to steal that fish.
To make a fine photographic opportunity for me.
While the eaglet on the top right makes a dash for the trees, hoping to keep his fish.
Jordan Lake Bald Eagles: Photo Bomb 02-20-2019
Jordan Lake Bald Eagles
I found myself laughing about this photo that I made yesterday at the dam.
Thought it would be good to pass the laughter along on this grey winter day!
The immature bald eagle apparently got tired of the adult eagle yelling.
PHOTO BOMB!!!!!
Jordan Lake Dam: Bald Eagle Death Spiral 02/18/2019
Bald Eagle Death Spiral
As they mature at the age of 5, Bald Eagles use the Death Spiral to determine the fitness of a potential mate.
The sky challenge is there to prove to each eagle that the other one is just as arrogant, assured, and fit as the other.
The eagles clasp each other’s talons and dare the other one to let go first.
The difference in the size of the smaller male to the larger female causes the birds to spiral around their axis.
Sometimes, the drive to win is so strong that the hold is not broken and the birds crash into the ground or the water.
Immature eagles practice this maneuver all the time. In this case it is a pair of four-year-old bald eagles.
Death can occur. These two immature eagles broke the clasp just as they got to the tree line.
Jordan Lake Neighborhood, 2 photos, 02-18-2019
Jordan Lake Neighborhood
Great blue herons often argue and chase one another.
Each is certain that the other heron has the better fishing spot on the bank.
This fracas started on the shore of the Haw River, inside the riprap.
The dam was stunning fish as they passed through the gates and the pickings were easy.
Unless, of course, your neighbor heron was further upstream than you were and the fish passed them first.
Both herons missed the fish and a third heron a little further downstream had it for breakfast.
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