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By Jordan Lake: Bald Eagle First Nest report: 2 photos

 

Kate was on a mission to feed her chicks this morning while dad Petruchio waited in the nest with their family.  She left her perch about 1000 feet from me and she was in a hurry.  From the time she passed me, caught the fish and went past me again, passing back towards the nest, the trip took her all of 20 seconds.  I watched Kate catch two more fish in the next 15 minutes.  Those chick(s) were well-fed this morning.

 

 

By Jordan Lake: Black Friday the Gull Way
Jordan Lake: Black Friday the Gull Way…
Gulls often try to steal each other’s fish and this can lead to some spectacular aerobatics. There are 2 sequences. Keep your eye on the fish … that is what each gull is doing too. In the 1st sequence the gull with the fish is an immature ring-billed gull. The huge dark brown gull that eventually shows up is an immature herring gull. In the second part, the gull with the fish is a ring-billed gull and the fish, ah, well, sometimes the fish gets a second chance.