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By 2 Crow Species

Jordan Lake. The first crow we see is an American crow. Listen to his call as crow voices can help you id the species. He finds a very small freshwater mussel and tries to wedge his beak into it to open it up but then gets distracted. The second crow we see is a fish crow. Once again listen to the voice. It seems the tidbit that the fish crow ate made him very thirsty!

By Clean Feathers are Best

Jordan Lake. The great blue heron has special feathers on its chest. These feathers grow continuously and they fray and almost make a powder as they grow out. The heron grabs a bit of these white powder feathers and uses them as a washcloth to remove dirt and oil from its feathers.

By Warming Process

Blustery and cold … that was Jordan Lake this morning. I got home, brewed some hot tea. Curled up on the couch under a blanket to get warm. After a while I realized that a very warm spot had settled in next to me. Grayced was contented to share the warming process with me.

By Floating Past…

Jordan Lake. On yesterday’s cruise Captain Doug and I came upon this fledgling bald eagle, one of this year’s babies. We ever so gently floated past it. For its part of the interaction, the youngster seemed to decide that we just weren’t a probable food source and so we got ignored. Which was just fine with us.

fledgling bald eagle

By Titmouse’s Acorn

Jordan Lake. The tufted titmouse was quite proud of his acorn. He showed it off in one direction and then to make sure you saw that he had it, he turned his head and showed it off from another direction. Then the titmouse looked at me and said “oh you do see my acorn don’t you!” Then he cocked his head at a jaunty angle and smiled at the world because he did indeed have one beautiful acorn.