Jordan Lake Dam, Haw River: I love the plumage patterns and colors on the 3-year-old bald eagles. This eagle had been watching the river flowing inside the riprap for some time. A flash of a fish caught her eye and almost instantly she had caught her dinner. What a beautiful display of her fishing abilities!
Jordan Lake: First Nest update. Bald eagles mate for life. Every breeding cycle they renew their commitment to each other by sky dancing and food offerings. Petruchio brings his mate Kate a bird as his commitment offering as they get very near to mating.
Jordan Lake: Momma Kate and Dad Petruchio, the bald eagle parents at First Nest, were busy this morning doing upkeep and repair work on their nest. Kate is due to lay eggs in about 2 weeks.
Jordan Lake, Sunday, December 13, 2020. It was a beautifully serene minute and morning out at the lake. Take care, be safe. Stay well.
Jordan Lake, Friday, December 11, 2020. The lake level is down to 217.63 ft. Getting close to a normal level of 216 ft. I had just pressed the start button on the iPhone when a pie-billed grebe showed up and then a second one showed up in such a big hurry it almost ran the first one down. These little grebes are always in pairs. Sometimes one of the pair is on one side of the cove and the other is on the other side, but this morning as you could see they decided to buddy up. Pied-billed grebes are so small that I could more or less fit one in my two hands. I hope you enjoy their passage past me and underneath several gulls. Have a blessed day, stay safe. Stay well and stay warm.
Jordan Lake Dam, Haw River: I had just settled in on the riprap of the dam, just past the fishing pier, at 26 minutes after sunrise. An explosive motion caught my eye. This 4-year-old male bald eagle exploded out of the deep shadows of the trees across the river from me. He hit the water so fast that I missed his flare, caught his capture of the fish, wondered if he could hold onto the large fish with just one foot. The eagle wondered that too and glanced down to check…
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