2 year-old bald eagles will do just about anything to get a meal …
especially if it means little work on their part.
I watched the gull catch the fish and suddenly drop it.
The young eagle swooped in,
snagged the fish from right at the lake’s surface
and headed for shore where he consumed the gull’s catch.
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CategoryOsprey Dances the Blues: JL Neighborhood
To lose the weight of the water that it picked up when it dove for the fish,
the osprey does a shake beginning at the tip of the beak and running all the way to its tail.
the osprey does a shake beginning at the tip of the beak and running all the way to its tail.
JL Neighborhood, black & white photography
Some days there is nothing like black and white photography to show details.
Unknown 4 year-old-bald eagle. Oh, so, self-assured.
A pair of ospreys. The female is the upper bird. Note her bigger bulk.
As in all raptors, the girls are bigger.
A glare that would be worthy of a bald eagle.
The eastern kingbird certainly seemed to be issuing an edict about whose territory I was on.
Male osprey taking home a fish for his chicks who are close to fledging.
JL Neighborhood: Fish! 7 photos 1 video 05-07-2017
The water and wind was rough this morning.
In the early light I could see the bright flash of scales and fins where the water rushed up against the shore.
In the waves was a school of American shad fingerlings chasing food and being chased by the bigger fish who were also looking for food.
Jordan Lake Neighborhood, 6 photos, 03/23/2017
A proper bald eagle scowl.
Usually I am the watcher. Today I found myself being the observed species by this osprey.
The tiny fluffs of feathers on each side of this double-crested cormorant’s head are his “crests”.
Only the mature double-crested cormorant has the crests.
There are none on the immature bird at the lower right.
This is a first for me and my camera – a great horned owl.
Truly a mouthful…for this great blue heron.
JL Neighborhood Feeding Feast, 12 photos, 1/23/2017
A feeding frenzy erupted at the lake yesterday.
It was started by 4 white pelicans – yes, pelicans, you know, those warm climate birds…
that most likely for weather related reasons were at Jordan Lake.
White pelicans don’t do the spectacular fishing dives that the brown pelicans do.
Nope. The white pelicans fish cooperatively using their feet and bodies to push fish into a tight mass.
Then the pelicans feast. AND, the bald eagles saw a buffet open up on the lake.
Without hesitation…after all, they are Eagles… the bald eagles started fishing in the middle of the congregation.
So did the great blue herons, the cormorants, the gulls and the terns.
There were several fights between eagles.
For more than 45 minutes I watched, photographed and enjoyed. I hope you do too.
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