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Jordan Lake. Oh, it is still hot! The eastern cottontail rabbit, however, has a very neat way to stay cool. Rabbits cannot sweat, so how do they get rid of excess heat? You see those big long ears? If you look carefully you can see the blood vessels coursing through those ears. Those vessels bring the too warm blood up close to the surface of the ears and there the body heat transfers out into the air and the now cooler blood returns to the body. Another way to keep cool in all of this very hot weather.
Jordan Lake. I watched the two-year-old bald eagle launch. Found myself wondering if I reached my arms up high enough towards the sky could I somehow make feathers appear and I, earthbound human, join the flight? Oh my.
4th of July, Jordan Lake Neighborhood. 7000 feathers gives the bald eagle the freedom of flight. May our hearts – united from street to street and mountains to valleys to vast plains – give each other the freedom to discuss, compromise and decide how to let each soul have contentment.
Peace and grace, Doc Ellen.
Jordan Lake. One way great blue herons, in the excessive heat, cool off is by “fluttering”. They use a combination of mouth breathing while vibrating their moist throat membranes. This results in evaporation and cooling.
Jordan Lake. Even the Bald Eagles are showing the effects of the high humid temperatures. Birds don’t have sweat glands. Bald eagles, like dogs, pant to help get rid of body heat. You can see this eagle’s tongue as it’s working to cool itself off. I have seen ospreys, vultures, hawks and song birds all panting to dissipate heat. Not easy weather for anything that is out and about.
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