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By JL Raptor: Ranger Cove 07/09/2018
Ranger Cove
 
As I pulled into the parking area, I could see an osprey doing screaming dives into the treetops of the cove.
That kind of angry dive usually meant an eagle was intruding.
I gathered up my camera and headed down the path toward the water.
Got half-way down and an eagle screamed somewhere above me.  I froze in place.
Eagle got quiet and so did the osprey. I thought the eagle had flown out.
I finally eased down to the water’s edge.  
My friend eased down beside me as the osprey made another screaming run at the eagle.
Here is what exploded over our heads.  I honestly don’t know which adult eagle it is.

By Jordan Lake Neighborhood: Ranger Cove, 5 photos, 06/30/2018
Ranger Cove, Jordan Lake Neighborhood
 
The glitter of a ruby-throated hummingbird against the soft glow my lens made of the background foliage.
A quizzical northern cardinal made me smile.
 
Bright eyes, startling gold against the iridescent deep purple-black of a common grackle.
The snowy egret’s translucence allows you to see the bones and joints of its wing: of its shoulder, elbow, wrist and fingers.
Note too that his feet have yellow socks!
 
Perched probably 60 feet up at the top of a tree, it is a little startling to see an immature great blue heron surveying the cove.
Actually great blue herons of all ages often spend a great deal of time way up in tall trees.