Both Mom Kate and Dad Petruchio have been busy repairing the nest and lining it in anticipation of egg laying in the next week or so. Photos are from yesterday (the sunny ones) and today (the gray ones).
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CategoryA Very Rare Bald Eagle…
I want to share with you a bald eagle of a very special sort … my friend Paula Page, a marvelous whirligig artist and wildlife photographer, has a large wooded yard that is a bird paradise. In her yard, birds of all sorts live and visit, except for any bald eagles, until this week. Regretfully, a storm damaged one of her oak trees so severely it had to be removed. Paula looked at the damaged tree and saw a beautiful possibility. She contacted chain saw artist Corey Lancaster of Boon Hill Gallery in Johnston County, NC and he transformed the bottom 7.5 feet of the tree into a memory that will be with all of us for a very long time! Paula gave me permission to share her photos of the transformation.
Jordan Lake: Fancy Footwork
A ring-billed gull uses his feet to help adjust his flight path as he goes fishing.
Jordan Lake Dam: Goose!
While at the Jordan Lake Dam this morning, a large white bird appeared in with a few gulls that were flying above the Haw River. I believe it to be a Snow Goose. However, it is possible that it is a Ross’s Goose. Both birds are rare in this part of NC (there are thousands of snow geese around Lake Mattamuskeet this time of the year). Both birds also readily hybridize with each other. I didn’t get quite good enough photos to clearly see the beak on this goose and that could have helped with the identification. Enjoy this winter-white visitor!
Jordan Lake: Bald Eagle Fledgling
This is one of this year’s fledgling bald eagles at Jordan Lake.
Jordan Lake: Hershey Goes Fishing
Hershey, the father bald eagle at H&G nest went fishing this morning, showing just how effortlessly he could make the catch!
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