Eagle Family Report:
VIDEO of dad feeding the Much Bigger eagle chicks is at http://youtu.be/OwQ_o_4ATX0
in this photo you see dad to the right, Wynd in the middle and the black “shadow” to the far left is Ice
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this afternoon a couple of people who didn’t know each other, worked together to rescue this horned grebe. There was fishing line around its neck, it has swallowed the hook and was dragging a bobber behind it. The grebe was transported to http://www.nc-claws.org/index.php/blog – a non-profit wildlife rehab facility. You can see the grebe and follow its progress on their Facebook page CLAWS, Inc. If you would like to make a donation to help the grebe, please go to the CLAWS web site or Facebook page.
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eagle catch
I had seen gull feathers in eagle’s nests
this morning was the first time I saw an eagle flying with a gull it had caught
the shot is a long one for my lens so the focus is a bit soft, but I wanted to share this event anyway
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happy landing for this red-breasted merganser
one on one
the immature red-tailed hawk crossed the line into the nesting territory of the American crow
the defense was immediate and intense; sometimes the crow was chasing, sometimes the hawk would chase
they both crossed the river and were still tangling when I lost sight of them
purple dead-nettle
the purple dead-nettle is a member of the mint family
it is an introduced, non-native, species
macro photography done with a long lens: 560mm
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