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Jordan Lake. I had never seen a spider web which had anchor lines that looked like they were perforated to tear the line apart. I sent my photo over to the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Ask a Naturalist tab. The entomologist told me that the web was built by an orb weaver and, get this, those thickened areas along the anchor lines – those dashes are spider silk tufts placed there by the spider as bird flags! So that birds will see the web and not fly through and destroy it. Who would’ve thought! Nature bedazzles me again.
Big birds, little birds, plain brown or black birds and one of startling color!
4-year-old bald eagle with a small fish for a pre-brunch appetizer!
The tiny brown-headed nuthatch has snagged one of her favorite sources of protein:
a spider from the web below her.
This brilliantly yellow bird is a prothonotary warbler.
They come for the summer nesting season.
A northern rough-winged swallow:
a tiny speed demon that loves to consume flying insects such as mosquitos.
There is WAY more branch here than osprey!
I would have loved to have been able to see him get it into his nest.
Closeup of a beautiful black vulture.
I really appreciate their contributions to the cleanup around the lake.
Dew makes a beautiful reflective surface; that is part of the backside of the Jordan Lake dam seen in the bigger droplets.
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tree of spider life on a river island
Isn’t the spider’s spangle a delightful addition to these calico asters?
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